. American telephone practice . these splices from a car suspended from the messenger all is ready the lead sheath of each end of the cable to bespliced should be cut away for a distance of about two feet, the endsof the cable having previously been cut off square. The cable endsthen appear as in Fig. 599. The wires should then be bound AERIAL CABLE CONSTRUCTION. 821 tightly together where they emerge from the lead sheath, using cot-ton twine or wicking. This winding should be extended close upto the end of the sheath. This is to prevent paraffin applied inthe next operation from fol
. American telephone practice . these splices from a car suspended from the messenger all is ready the lead sheath of each end of the cable to bespliced should be cut away for a distance of about two feet, the endsof the cable having previously been cut off square. The cable endsthen appear as in Fig. 599. The wires should then be bound AERIAL CABLE CONSTRUCTION. 821 tightly together where they emerge from the lead sheath, using cot-ton twine or wicking. This winding should be extended close upto the end of the sheath. This is to prevent paraffin applied inthe next operation from following along the core of the cable withinthe sheath. The next operation is to dip the end of the cable so prepared inhot paraffin, which must be heated above 212 degrees F. Thecable ends should be held thus immersed until all bubbling ceases,when they should be taken off. This preliminary boiling out isto prevent moisture from getting into the cable while splicing, andshould extend well over the cotton wrapping already FIG. 601.—CABLE SPLICING. A sleeve, consisting of a lead tube of the following dimensions forvarious sizes of cable, should then be slipped over one of the cableends and back out of the way. Lead Sleeves—Straight Joints. 150 pair cable 30 inches x 3 inches x yi inch 120 ICO 9060503025 282828282828 2S X23/ ■ *X ■ 11 X2^ x* X2/2 ■ v 8 X2X *A •A ** X 2 x* - A paper sleeve should then be slid over each wire of a pair. Thepairs in paper-covered cables are usually colored red and white, andas a matter of convenience the paper sleeve should be slid over thered wire on one end of the cable, and the white wire on the other. 822 AMERICAN TELEPHONE PRACTICE. The insulation of two wires of the pair should be removed and thewires so cut that they will overlap about four inches. Each wireshould be stripped of its insulation for a length of about one and one-eighth inch, care being taken that the wire is not nicked in this pro-cess. The two ends of the whi
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