Tee Kit Installation Instructions

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Tee KitInstallation instructionsThe Tee Kit connect three strands of self-regulating heat cable.

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Kit Contents

Item Description QuantityA 1.1 x 8 Shrink Tube 1

B 1 x 1 Mastic Tape 8

C Cable Tie with Nail Mount 7 1

D Cable Ties 7 2

E 1.1 Shrink End Cap 1

F Insulated Splice Connector 2

G Un-insulated Splice Connector 1

H Shrink Breakout Boot 1

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1. About 6 inches fromthe cable end, score thecircumference of 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 onitself creating an elbow.Using a small screwdriver,create an opening in the

braid at the bend elbow.

2. Create a slit from tothe end of the cable.

3. Flex the scored pointsand remove the outerjacket.

5. Keeping the braid

pushed towards theelbow, push the cableupward through the braidopening.

6. After the cable is

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

7. Approximately oneinch from the braid exitpoint, score the circumfer-ence of the inner jacket.

RemovinG the inneR jaCKet

RemovinG the outeR jaCKet

8. Then score the outerjacket from the circumfer-ence cut toward the cableend. Do not cut into the

heater core.

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


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10. Shave the core mate-rial from the outside ofeach bus wire.

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

12. Using needle nosepliers, grab each bus wireand pull it away fromthe heater core material.Expose each wire down to

the intact inner jacket.

13. Remove the heatercore back to the innerjacket.

14. After all the cables arestripped, threat the cablesthrough the breakoutboot, one per leg.

joininG the CaBles

15. Next push the 1.1x 8 shrink tube over thecables up toward thebreakout boot. Push upand out of the way.

16. Align the cables andtrim the bus wires evenly.

17. Remove the releasepaper from a mastic tapestrip, wrap around thecable approximately 2

from the cable jacket end.

18. Wrap a second mastictape strip around thecable end where the buswires exit. Repeat on allthree cables.


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20. Wrap the two stan-dard cable ties around thecables below the mastic.

21. Pass all three groundwires through the unin-sulated crimp and crimpthem. Trim off excessground braid. Trim ex-cess ground braid length.

22. Twist three bus wirestogether on each side ofthe cable bundle. Nowplace the insulated con-nectors over each buswire bundle and crimp.

23. Using a piece of mas-tic tape, diaper the buswire butt connectors.

24. Slide the end cap overthe cable end assemblyand heat shrink downtightly. Then pull the 8long shrink tube downand over the end cap and

heat down tightly.

CompletinG the seal

19. Stack all three cables ontop of each other.

25. Slide the breakoutboot over the 8 shrinktube and heat shrinkdown tightly.

26. Use the tie wrap withthe nail hole to suspendthe complete assembly atthe top of the gutter.

DO NOT ALLOWCOMPLETED

ASSEMBLY TO RESTIN WATER.

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