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The following steps outline the termination of the lower end of the HVSC Plus to the
lightning earth.
The diagram below shows the different layers of the HVSC Plus cable and indicates
their names as referred to in the following instructions:
Black Inner
Filler
Inner Aluminium
Conductors
Figure 12.
1. First, remove the black outer sheath for a length of 15 cm by cutting radially round the
HVSC Plus cable with a sharp knife. The lengthwise cut can also be completed with a knife,
but take great care not to score or damage the copper tape. Cut and remove the material
lining over the copper tape (Figure 13).
Figure 13.
2. Carefully unwind the copper tape to expose about 7 cm of the sheath underneath. Again,
be careful not to damage the copper tape during this process. Measure 5 cm from the
end of the cable and remove the black insulation section of the sheath over the aluminium
conductors (Figure 14). Note: There are many valid ways of removing this layer, but it is
very important that the aluminium conductor strands are not scored or damaged in any
way as this will decrease their strength and may lead to breakage when bending them for
insertion into the crimp lug.
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Black Insulation
with Semiconductive Outer
15 cm
Black
Outer Sheath
Outer Copper
Screen Tape
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