Nuclear qualified in-containment electrical connectors and methods of connecting electrical conductors
A nuclear qualified in-containment electrical connection comprises an insulated, sheathed instrument lead having electrical conductors extending from one end thereof to provide two exposed lead wires, a watertight cable having electrical conducting wires therein and extending from one end of the cable to provide two lead wires therefrom, two butt splice connectors each connecting the ends of respective ones of the lead wires from the instrument lead and cable, a length of heat shrinkable plastic tubing positioned over each butt splice connector and an adjacent portion of a respective lead wire from the cable and heat shrunk into position, a length of heat shrinkable plastic tubing on the end portion of the instrument lead adjacent the lead wires therefrom and heat shrunk thereon and a length of outer heat shrinkable plastic tubing extending over the end portion of the instrument lead and the heat shrinkable tubing thereon and over the butt splice connectors and a portion of the cable adjacent the cable lead lines, the outer heat shrinkable tubing being heat shrunk into sealing position on the instrument lead and cable.
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC12-76SN00052
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- Patent Number(s):
- PATENTS-US-A7549982
- Application Number:
- ON: DE92003820; PAN: 7-549,982
- OSTI ID:
- 10104681
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1990
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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