I see no reason why this cannot be done. The wire and the splices would have to have the required agency approvals, of course. The splices must crimp the conductor and, using a second crimp, hold the total insulated wire. Lastly, this alternate construction must be listed in your agency files. It would be totally unacceptable not to have the construction listed, since there would be no way of tracing the components.
Richard Woods Sensormatic Electronics > ---------- > From: Dudek, John[SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 1997 6:01 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: Acceptability of Spliced Termination Leads > > Hello everybody, > > I need some input from the members of this group that regularly > work on systems, not components. > > The standard lead length on our catalog products (EMI / RFI > filters) is 4 inches. Quite often a customer will ask for a filter > with > input and / or output leads longer than 4 inches. When the option of > splicing additional lead wire to the catalog filter is discussed, a > reply of "the agencies will not accept it" is received. The splice > connection would be made with a "Recognized" or "agency accepted" > barrel > type connector. When questioned for more details regarding the > unacceptability, no specific standard or paragraph is available. > > My question is this: > > For ITE equipment (or other classifications), is it acceptable > to extend termination lead lengths by splicing additional wire by an > acceptable method?? Please keep in mind that along with line and > neutral > leads, ground leads which may or may not be a safety ground would be > included. > > Thanks in advance for your comments. > > John F. Dudek > Manager, Product Safety Engineering > Corcom Inc. > Libertyville, Ill. USA > voice: 847-680-7400 > fax: 847-680-8169 (general) or 847-680-0340 (direct) > Mailto:[email protected] > Visit us at http://www.cor.com >
