Thermon ThermoTube Type SL - Manual (Page 4)

Illustration C: FAK-7 End Seal Kit Fabrication 1
Illustration D: FAK-8 Patch Kit Fabrication
1. Remove a 6 cm length
of the black jacket.
Next remove the heat
reflective wrap and
insulation as shown
in the illustration.
2. Deburr end of tubing
making necessary
field terminations.
3. Liberally apply RTV
sealant to end of
ThermoTube
insulation.
4. Wrap end of Ther-
moTube with sili-
cone tape. Overlap
the tape 50%, be-
ginning 6 cm over
ThermoTube insu-
lation extending to
the attachment fit-
ting.
1. Remove a 6 cm length
of the black jacket.
Next remove the heat
reflective wrap and
insulation as shown
in the illustration.
2. Deburr end of tubing
making necessary
field terminations.
3. Wrap glass fibre tape
until level with
ThermoTube insula-
tion. Wrap heat
reflective tape over
fibre tape (25%
overlap).
4. Wrap rubber tape
around splice form-
ing watertight seal.
Allow self-sealing
rubber tape to over-
lap ThermoTube
a minimum of
2.5 cm on each
side of splice.
ThermoTube
RTV Sealant
Silicone Tape
Attachment Fitting
(by Others)
Tubing
Glass Fibre Tape
Self-Sealing Rubber Tape
Tubing
Attachment Fitting
(by Others)
Heat Reflective Tape
Note . . .
1. The FAK-7 kit contains sufficient materials for approximately 6 terminations. UV
resistant ABS hard shell covers are available upon request; contact Thermon.
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