Splice Kit Installation Instructions

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Splice KitInstallation instructionsThe Splice Kit connect two strands of self-regulating heat cable.

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Kit Contents

Item Description Quantity

A 1.1 x 8 Shrink Tube 1

B 3/4 x 3 Shrink Tube 1

C 1 x 1 Mastic Tape 2

D Insulated Splice Connector 2

E Un-insulated Splice Connector 1

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B

C

D

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1. About 6 inches romthe cable end, score thecircumerence o theouter cable jacket.

4. Push the braid back

toward the overjacket,creating a bulge in thebraid. Where the braidexits the outer jacket,bend the cable over onitsel creating an elbow.Using a small screwdriver,create an opening in the

braid at the bend elbow.

2. Create a slit rom tothe end o the cable.

3. Flex the scored pointsand remove the outerjacket.

5. Keeping the braid

pushed towards theelbow, push the cableupward through the braidopening.

6. Ater the cable is

pushed through the braid,pull the braid tight. Thiswill be the heater groundwire.

7. Approximately oneinch rom the braid exitpoint, score the circumer-ence o the inner jacket.

Removing the inneR jACKet

Removing the outeR jACKet

8. Then score the outerjacket rom the circumer-ence cut toward the cableend. Do not cut into theheater core.

9. Flex the scored pointand remove the innerjacket, exposing theheater core.


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10. Shave the core mate-rial rom the outside oeach bus wire.

11. At the cable end, cre-ate a V notch.

12. Using needle nosepliers, grab each bus wireand pull it away romthe heater core material.Expose each wire down tothe intact inner jacket.

13. Remove the heatercore back to the innerjacket.

14. Slide the 1.1 x 8shrink tube and the x3 shrink tube over eitherthe heater or power cordand slide them up andout o the way.

joining the CABles

15. Prepare the heatercable bus wires andpower cord/heater buswires or insertion into the

urnished butt splice con-nectors. The uninsulatedportion o the bus wiresshould be long enough

to insert frmly into themetal portion o the buttconnector and still allowthe wire insulation to slideinto the plastic jacket onthe connector.

16. Do not leave exposedconductors outside thesplice jacket. Crimp thesplice ensuring the wiresare held securely.

17. Using the mastictapes provided, diaperthe cable ends betweenthe butt splices


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18. Slide the x 3

shrink tube onto thespliced conductors area,pulling the ground wiresout and back rom thetube. Position the shrinktube over the splicedwires ensuring theground wires are on the

outside o the tube.

19. Use a heat gun to

shrink the tube over thespliced area until adhe-sives run rom each end.

20. Place the ground wire

and heater baide in theun-insulated barrel con-nector and crimp themtogether tightly.

21. Trim o excess heaterbraid or cord bus wire.

21. Side the 1.1 x 8 heatshrink tube over the entirespliced assembly area, in-cluding the ground wires.

Heat the shrink tubealong its entire lengthuntil adhesive runs romeach end.

22. The splice is complete

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