2010 Construction and Material Specifications - Ohio Department of ...

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725.15
Ensure that the box and cover meet the structural requirements of Society of Cable
Telecommunications Engineers Tier 5.
Furnish materials according to the Department’s Qualified Products List (QPL).
725.15 Circuit Cable Connections and Terminations. Ensure that each
connector or terminator is of the same voltage rating as the wire being connected
or terminated except that 600 volt connectors may be used with 5000 volt
(secondary service) cable used in 600 volt service for the highway lighting circuits.
Ensure that each connector or terminator is a compression style which fully
encloses the conductor(s) and is of high strength copper alloy not a metal other
than copper which has been plated. Ensure that each connector used for a butt
splice is a sleeve type with a "stop" in the center.
A. Termination of Oversize Wire. Ensure that each cable terminal of each
device can properly accommodate the size of the wire being terminated. If a
terminal of adequate size cannot be furnished, ensure that a short length of smaller
wire is connected to the oversize conductor through the use of a proper butt style
crimp connector or a terminal block, that no strands have been cut back in the
oversize conductor to make the connection and that the smaller wire is rated to
carry the full ampacity of the circuit protection device.
B. Fused Pull-Apart Connection. Ensure that each fused pull-apart cable
connector kit is a molded synthetic rubber housing consisting of a female line side
with two ports and a male load side with one port containing a socket type fuse
holder wherein the fuse also acts as the pin for the load connection which is
designed to break the circuit when the two halves of the connector body are
separated. Ensure that the assembled kit is rated for direct burial and exposure to
sunlight. Ensure that the metal parts of connector are of copper with a
conductivity of 90 percent, have individual compression connections for each wire
on the line side, have a crimp connection for the wire on the load side and have
annular spring on the socket for each end of the fuse. Ensure that the fuse holder is
for a standard midget [13/32" x 1-1/2" (10 mm x 38 mm)]fuse. Ensure that the
fuse is rated 600 VAC, 100,000 AIC and does not have a glass body. Ensure that
each cable port is sized for the wire or cable entering the entering the port and that
there is a closure for the second line port if it is not to be used.
C. Unfused Pull-Apart Connection. Ensure that each unfused pull-apart cable
connector kit is a molded synthetic rubber housing consisting of a female line side
with two ports and a male load side with one port containing a line side socket and
load side pin making a connection which is designed to break the circuit when the
two halves of the connector body are separated. Ensure that the assembled kit is
rated for direct burial and exposure to sunlight. Ensure that the metal parts of
connector are of copper with a conductivity of 90 percent, have an individual
compression connection for each wire on the line side, have a crimp connection for
the wire on the load side, and have an annular spring on the socket for the pin.
Ensure that each cable port is sized for the wire or cable entering the port and that
there is a closure for the second line port if it is not to be used.
D. Unfused Bolted Connection. Ensure that each unfused re-enterable cable
connector kit is a rigid molded plastic sleeve closed on each end by a molded