Connecting Cables to a Power Cable Connector
Obtaining Tools, Cables, and a Power Cable Connector
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Appendix
Ruler
Diagonal pliers
Utility knife
Flat-head
screw driver
Tw o 0 V black ground
cables
Tw o -48 V blue pow er
cables
Pow er cable connector
Peeling Cables
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Use one side of the pow er cable
connector as the peeling length
reference plane.
1
Peeling length
reference plane (9 mm)
Use a pair of diagonal pliers to trim off one end of
a -48 V pow er cable. Place the cable on the
peeling length reference plane, and leave a 1 mm
space betw een the left edge of the reference
plane and the trimmed end of the cable. Use a
utility knife to make a mark on the cable that is
aligned w ith the right edge of the reference plane.
2
9 mm
8 mm
Peeling length (8 mm)
1 mm
8 mm
3
Peel the cable using the
diagonal pliers.
8 mm
Cable core
4
Repeat steps 1-3 to peel a 0 V
ground cable.
Note
If a ruler is available, you can use the ruler to measure an 8 mm
peeling length after trimming off one end of a cable.
8 mm
Cable core
Peeling length
reference plane
