Instruction Manual

nVent.com/RAYCHEM | 5
1/4 in
(5 mm)
6 1/2 in
(165 mm)
BTV, QTVR
6 1/2 inches
(165 mm)
180°
180°
6 1/2 inches
(165 mm)
HTV
5C 5D
• Push braid back to create
a pucker.
• At pucker use a
screwdriver to open
braid.
• Bend heating cable and
work it through opening in
braid.
• Lightly score inner jacket
around and down as
shown.
• Peel off inner jacket.
• Notch core.
• Peel bus wire
from core.
• Score core between bus
wires at inner jacket.
• Bend and snap core.
• Peel core from bus wire.
• Remove any remaining
core material from bus wires.
• Pull braid tight to make pigtail.
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• Push braid back
to create
a pucker.
• At pucker use
a screwdriver
to open braid.
• Bend heating
cable and work it
through opening
in braid.
• Score inner jacket
and conductive
core around and
down as shown.
• Peel off
inner jacket.
• Flip the cable
180ºC and score
the other side of
inner jacket and
conductive core.
• Remove the inner
jacket, conductive
core by using
needle-nose pliers
as shown.
• Remove any remaining
material from bus wires.
• Pull braid tight to
make pigtail.
• Score and remove
center insulation.