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B. Preparing the cable.
NOTE
There should be about 1 foot of cable sticking out of the lens housing at this point.
WARNING
FiberKnife reaches extreme temperatures. Grasp only by the handle. Failure to follow these directions can lead to severe burns.
1. Plug in the FiberKnife and set it on the stand provided.
a. Let the knife warm up for 15 minutes. This is especially important for larger cable sizes.
b. Keep the knife out of the wind while warming, as the breeze can cool it off.
c. Allow at least 5 minutes between large cable cuts for the knife to reheat.
2. Use the cable stripping tool to strip back 1 in. of the cable jacket, see Picture 1 on pg. 14.
CAUTION
DO NOT damage any of the fibers. If the fibers are nicked they can break, reducing light output.
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Practice on some spare cable a few times. With a little practice, you will be able to make good cuts with this stripper.
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There is an extra blade inside the stripper handle.
a. Adjust the stripper and practice a few times on an extra piece of cable if you haven’t used it before. The
blade should be exposed about the thickness of the cable jacket.
b. Adjust the cutting depth by turning the black knob on the end of the cable stripper.
c. Push the spring tension guide open with thumb, and place stripper on cable as shown in Figure 3.
d. Rotate the stripper around the cable with the black knob turning toward opening; as shown in Figure 4.
e. The cable stripper blade is directional - if it does not cut
properly, be sure that the blade is in correct orientation.
f. Once jacket is almost separated remove stripper and bend
jacket to finish separation and remove jacket.
g. Fan the fiber ends to remove the excess powder from them.
3. If you are installing an invisible gunite or vinyl liner lens housing,
place the spacer with spacer O-ring onto the cable - the direction is
indicated on the spacer.
4. Assemble the seal nut; see Figure 5.
a. Wrap electrical tape around the end of the fibers.
b. Slide the compression nut onto the cable with the threads
toward the end.
c. Choose the correct grommet size and slide it onto the cable until
1/16 in. past the edge of the jacket. The cable size is molded
onto the back of the grommet.
d. Straighten the cable coming out of the lens housing, and try to
keep it straight from this point on.
e. Place the seal nut over the grommet and tighten compression nut.
(continued on page 15)
Black Knob
Figure 3.
Figure 4.
