ERICO 3000 ERITECH SYSTEM - Manual (Page 27)

INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
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4. Carefully clean up the insulation
friction cut, removing any burrs for a neat
finish.
5. Fit the roll spring 15 mm ( 5 ⁄
8
in.) from
the end of the outer insulation over the
exposed copper tape (roll spring supplied
with upper termination kit).
6. Remove the copper tape up to the roll
spring (exposing black triple extrusion
layers) by unrolling, then tearing the tape
up and back over the edge of the roll
spring at about a 45º angle. If necessary,
cut about 6 mm (
1 ⁄
4
in.) of the copper
tape up against the roll spring with a
knife and then tear over the spring.
7. Wrap one end of the 2.5 mm 2 x
105 mm (12 AWG x 4 1 ⁄
8
in.) bare copper
wire (supplied with the kit) around the
hose clamp, then fix the hose clamp over
the exposed copper screen of the down-
conductor and tighten with a screwdriver.
8. At 85 mm (3 3 ⁄
8
in.) from the end of
the cable, carefully cut around the
circumference of the black triple extrusion
layers with a knife, then, from the first
cut, along the length of the insulation to
the end of the cable. Remove the layers
and discard.
Refer to Figure 18 for the following
instructions (1 to 10).
1. With the hacksaw (or appropriate
cutters), cut the downconductor cable to
length, leaving enough cable to be able to
easily and directly route it to the ground
termination.
2. At a distance of 100 mm (4 in.) from
the end of the cable, carefully cut a shallow
notch into the black outer insulation, no
deeper than 1 mm, (
3 ⁄
64
in.). Using the
insulation cutting tool, cut around the
circumference of the black outer insulation
until the copper screen underneath is
exposed.
Important! The insulation
cutting tool uses friction to cut
into the sheath and is less likely
to damage the layers under-
neath than using a knife.
3. Use a knife to carefully cut along the 100
mm (4 in.) length of black outer insulation
to a depth of no more than 1 mm. (
3 ⁄
64
in.).
Be careful not to cut too deeply so that the
copper layer underneath is not exposed
or damaged. Starting from the end of the
cable, carefully remove the outer insulation
and discard.
85 mm (3
3
/ 8 in.) 15 mm (
5
/ 8 in.)
Copper Strands
and Double Tape Layer
Copper Tape Black
Outer Sheath
Copper Tape Black
Outer Sheath
Compression Lug
2.5 mm 2 Copper Wire Hose Clamp
Copper Strands and
Double Tape Layer
Figure 18: Stripping lengths downconductor.