PS Magazine - AUGUST 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 393
AUGUST 1985
SplicIng Wire .±²
Tale of the Tape
It takes Two Types of tape to win aT the wire-splicing game. Some wiremen
Lose by using onLy one.
±he TWo yoU Need are pLasTic eLecTricaL Tape, ²S²
5970-00-685±9059,
and
cotton FicTioN Tape, ²S²
5970-00±644-3167.
Some spLicers use onLy eLecTricaL Tape. IT won'T sTand Up to cuTs and scrapes³
IT Needs a covering of rough, Tough FicTion Tape´
Others Use
just
FicTion tApe. IT soaks up moisTureµ IT needs That Layer of pLasTic
tape underNeaTh To ¶aTeRproo· a spLice.
First plastIc electrIcal tape
.
·
±²
.±² then coTton frIctIon tape
/³
´Jµ¶
CoMb¸ne The two and
¹
youºve goT a winning Team.
»or more g¼od words on spLicing techniqUes, see »½
24²20.
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AUG µ³
t'MON¶·
JuS gal ¸
GOo·
REL
³
¹n! ºi:»s
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±ag Your Wire
´
¾anT To know aT a glance whaT shape your ¾D¿1 or
¼½¾
field wire is in?
Àag iT. OnÁe yoU'Ve recoVered, repaired and respooled your wire aÂer a field
probleM, TesT iT.
PUT TesT resuLTs on a Tag aNd puT The Tag on yoUr wire. Àhen nexT TiMe yoU
need a spool of wire, yoU'LL Know beÃre yoU go whaT shape iT's in.
Good inà To include oN a tag is The daTe and resUlT of The lasT conTinUiTy and
resisTanÁe cheÁks, How many splices per MiLe The wire has, and the TesTer's
name. Àhe Tags aren'T calLed Ãr in your pUbsµ If yoU like The idea
of knowing whaT wire is good to go and whaT wire is good onLy
Con³inuity teSt: (Date
)
ReS
i
Stance
´
µpL
i
¶eS per m
i
Le´
·eSted by
´
(Name)
Ãr training, Tho, Tags are iT.
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