Cisco IPS 7.1 Installation Manual page 165

Chapter 6 Installing the IPS 4345 and IPS 4360
To connect the DC power supply on the appliance, follow these steps:
Make sure that the chassis ground is connected on the chassis before you begin installing the DC power
Step 1
supply.
Turn off the circuit breaker to the power supply.
Step 2
From the front of the appliance, verify that the power switch is in the Standby position.
Step 3
Move the circuit-breaker switch handle to the Off position, and apply tape to hold it in the Off position.
Step 4
Use a 10 gauge wire-stripping tool to strip each of the three wires coming from the DC input power
Step 5
source. Strip the wires to 0.27 inch (7 mm) + 0.02 inch (0.5 mm). Do not strip more than the
recommended length of wire because doing so could leave the wire exposed from the DC power supply
connection
Figure 6-18
1 We recommend that you strip the wire to 0.27 inch (7 mm).
An exposed wire lead from a DC input power source can conduct harmful levels of electricity. Be sure
Warning
that no exposed portion of the DC input power source wire extends from the terminal block plug.
Statement 122
OL-24002-01
(Figure 6-18).
Stripping the DC Input Power Source Wire
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