Hubbell Open-Run Tee Tap Compression Connectors Installation guide

Brand: Hubbell

Model: Open-Run Tee Tap Compression Connectors

Type: Installation guide

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INS 894 (07/19/12) HUBBELL POWER SYSTEMS, INC. Page 1 of 2

Printed in U.S.A. Leeds, AL 35094 1908940000

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

OPEN-RUN TEE TAP COMPRESSION CONNECTORS

FOR AAC, AAAC, ACAR and ACSR CONDUCTORS

Tee connectors are marked with the conductor diameter range, die sizes, minimum press size and FARGO

catalog number. Cable-to-flat tees have 2 or 4-hole NEMA pads. Cable-to-cable tees have pre-filled

compression tube for tap connection.

1. CABLE MAIN With a clean stainless steel wire brush (V-brush type recommended), aggressively

brush the conductor over the entire section where tee will be installed. Immediately apply a generous

coat of FARGO Joint Compound Type UJC or HTJC over the just brushed main conductor.

2. Remove the protective plastic from the main tube ends, taking care not to drop either half as the

connector will separate at its interlocking side joints as plastic is removed. Aggressively wire brush the

I.D. of main tube halves and immediately coat brushed surfaces with FARGO UJC or HTJC compound.

Set aside the untapped tube half on a clean surface.

3. Install the sleeve halves over the damaged conductor area so that the seams between sleeve halves

will be inside the die cavities during compression:

a. Position one of the brush-cleaned & compound-coated sleeve halves centered over the damaged

conductor section and slide the interlocking opposite half into place until ends are flush.

b. Tape wrap near sleeve center, to prevent tube halves from separating at the slide joints until set by

crimping.

4. Select compression dies indicated on main tube. Mount die halves in press and lubricate both die faces

and the tee main compression zone with clean oil or clean plastic bag material (if plastic used as

lubricant, ensure that it wraps completely around the split tube, fully covering both die face during each

compression).

5. Position press at the knurled ring on first tee main side to be crimped. Compress from knurled ring to

tube end. Overlap each crimp by an amount necessary to prevent the formation of ridges between

adjacent crimps. Ensure full die closure with each crimp. To minimize bowing of the connector, keep

the compression zone lubricated equally at both die faces and fully seat main tube in one die half as

dies close.

a. One-Way crimp procedure where damage is close to a deadend, splice or suspension clamp: Press

from short span side to center, remove center tape and press opposite side from center to longer

span end.

6. Once main crimp operations are complete, remove any flash and file or sand for a smooth appearance.

FLAT-PAD TAP (Cable-to-Pad tees)

7. Remove protective plastic from tee tap pad. Wire brush clean the pad surface. Immediately apply a

generous coating of FARGO contact sealant GF-198 (or HTJC, but NOT UJC, compound) to

brushed tee pad surface. Remove excess compound from bolt holes (to keep it out of bolt threads on

nut end). Wire brush mating terminal pad surface (If mating pad is tin plated, clean but do not wire

brush it). Immediately bolt joint together using aluminum bolts, nuts and flat washers (25 ft-lb for ½”

torque). Or, if using stainless steel hardware, add Belleville-type spring washers rated to compress flat

under SST hardware with 40 ft.-lb torque applied.

CONTINUED ON REVERSE

INS 894 (07/19/12) HUBBELL POWER SYSTEMS, INC. Page 2 of 2

Printed in U.S.A. Leeds, AL 35094 1908950000

CABLE TAP (Cable-to-Cable tees)

8. Mark the tap conductor with from the end at a distance equal to the tap tube insertion depth. The

insertion depth is the distance from the open end of the tap tube to knurled ring. With a clean stainless

steel wire brush (V-brush type recommended), aggressively brush the conductor over the entire over

the entire insertion length of the tap conductor. Immediately apply a generous coat of FARGO Joint

Compound UJC or HTJC over the just brushed conductor.

9. Select the compression dies indicated on the tap tube. Mount die halves in press and lubricate both die

faces and the splice body compression zone with die lubricant stick, clean oil or clean plastic bag

material (if plastic used as lubricant, ensure that it wraps completely around the deadend tube, fully

covering both die face during each compression).

10. Insert conductor, rotating to spread joint compound over conductor end as it is pushed to insertion

depth. With the conductor at the insertion depth marked above, move press tool to position dies at the

knurled ring, and compress from knurled ring toward tube end. Overlap each crimp by an amount

necessary to prevent the formation of ridges between adjacent crimps. Be sure that full die closure

occurs with each crimp. To help prevent bowing, apply light machine oil to the die faces, or tube crimp

zone surface, during crimp operation; and be sure that the terminal is firmly seated in one die half while

dies are closing. DO NOT REVERSE CRIMP TAP BARREL.

11. Once crimp operations are complete, remove any flash and file or sand for a smooth appearance.

NOTE: TEE TAPS ARE MINIMUM-TENSION CONNECTORS

Hubbell Open-Run Tee Tap Compression Connectors Installation guide

Hubbell Open-Run Tee Tap Compression Connectors Installation guide

Hubbell Open-Run Tee Tap Compression Connectors Installation guide

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