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3M
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Cold Shrink QT-lll Silicone Rubber Three Core Inverted Skirted Termination
with High-K Stress Relief
3.11 Wrap two strips of Scotch
®
Mastic Strip 2230 (one on top the other) over cable jacket. Locate the mastic strip
directly under the shield braid solder block and ground wire (Figure 8).
Note: It will be necessary to temporarily remove vinyl tape over ground braid tail to complete this step.
Two Strips of Scotch
®
Mastic Strip 2230
Under Ground Wire & Shield Braid Tail
Figure 8
3.12 Separate ground wire strands over strips of Scotch
®
Mastic Strip 2230 as shown in Figure 9.
Hint: Directly over the mastic seal strips, lift and bend the ground wire 90°. Reverse twist the ground conduc-
tor to open strands. Use a screwdriver to aid in separating the strands. On 19 strand wire with reverse twist
innerconductors, twist ground wire in the opposite direction to aid in separating the inner-conductors. Flatten,
straighten and reposition the separated ground conductors. Be careful not to damage ground wire.
Two Strips of Scotch
®
Mastic Strip 2230
Separated Ground Wire Strands
Wide Vinyl Tape
Figure 9