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HOW TO SPLICE CABLES
1. CUT AWAY ANY KINKS OR SEPARATED COILS WITH A GOOD BOLT CUTTER.
2. CLAMP ONE END OF CABLE TO BE SPLICED IN VISE AND LET CABLE EXTEND FROM VISE JAWS
APPROXIMATELY 1”.
3. HOLD SPLICE TIGHT WITH VISE GRIP AND SCREW HALF WAY INTO CABLE
4. RECLAMP SPLICED CABLE SECTION IN VISE. CLAM FIRM ON SPLICED END.
5. VISE GRIP THE SECOND CABLE SECTION TO BE SPLICED 1” FROM END.
6. APPLYING PRESSURE, TURN ALL THE CABLE WITH VISE GRIP OVER SECOND HALF OF SPLICE UNTIL
ENDS OF CABLE MEET.
SPLICING INNERCORE CABLES: MAKE SURE INNERCORE IS AT LEAST 1” INSIDE FROM EACH CABLE
END.
• IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE GETTING SPLICE STARTED, SLIGHTLY SPREAD FIRST COIL OF CABLE WITH
A DRIFT OR CENTER PUNCH.
IF YOU ARE SPLICING CABLES WITH HEX SPLICES, SQUARE EACH END OF CABLE TO BE
SPLICED ON DISC SANDER OR GRINDER. YOU MAY SPOT WELD EACH END OF CABLE TO
SHOULDER OF HEX SPLICE.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REPAIR ANY BROKEN CABLES BY MEANS OF WELDING. WELDED
CABLE SECTIONS DO CRYSTALLIZE AND WILL BREAK.
HOW TO INSTALL CABLE ENDS OR CABLE CONNECTORS
1. LET CABLE EXTEND FROM VISE JAWS APPROXIMATELY 1” AND CLAMP TIGHT.
2. HOLD CABLE END OR CABLE CONNECTOR FIRM WITH VISE GRIP.
3. SCREW COUPLING INTO CABLE BY APPLYING PRESSURE UNTIL SHOULDER OF COUPLING MEETS
CABLE.
IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE GETTING CABLE END OR CABLE CONNECTOR STARTED, SLIGHTLY
SPREAD FIRST COIL OF CABLE WITH A DRIFT OR CENTER PUNCH.
ONLY BY MEANS OF ARC WELDING, SPOTWELD CABLE TO COUPLING. ANY ATTEMPT TO
WELD OR BRACE CABLE TO ANY COUPLING WITH AN ACETYLENE TORCH WILL SOFTEN
THE FIRST COILS OF CABLE AND THEREBY RENDERING THE CABLE AT THAT POINT
USELESS.
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