Barry : Welcome to the HellermannTyton ACADEMY, the workshop for the professional.
Mark, it´s really good to trust the colour of your cable.
Mark : It is indeed Barry, yes.
Barry : Today we will be talking about UV-stabilised tubing, ...
... coloured tubing and in particular HellermannTyton´s TF21.
Barry: I’m Barry...
Mark : ...and I’m Mark.
Barry : So.
Mark : So what we have here Barry, we have a cable that has been damaged ...
... and what we want to do, is to cover this cable to protect it.
So the way we are going to that Barry, if you give me an alcohol wipe , ...
... Right as per our previous videos, all you subscribers have hopefully seen them ...
Barry : If not, click on the link below. Mark : ... it not, click on the link.
So we want to clean the cable jacket.
This gets rid of any grease and it also gets rid of any dust or dirt.
Barry : So we need to also check the rating of the cable Mark, yeah?
Mark : Yes we know the rating of this cable Barry, and our TF21, this is our product TF21 is rated at 600 volts.
Barry : OK. Mark : So this is a perfect application for this, for repairing this cable sleeve.
Our OD (outer diameter) is 5.6 ... Barry : Yes.
Mark : ... and we know our tubing here will shrink down to 4.8: it’s a 9.5, shrinks down to a 4.8- it’s called a 2:1.
Right so, what I’m going to do, I am going to measure this ...
... and I will cut some off.
Barry : So you’ve measured it to make sure you’ve covered the damaged spots ...
Mark : Yes. Barry : ... and a little bit extra.
Mark : I´ve made sure I am going to cover the damaged spots but also quite a bit extra actually.
So we shrink It down, we slide it down like so .
Barry : So our range also has colours for the other potentials?
Mark : We´ve got range, yes, for all the other colours. Barry : ... even green and yellow.
Mark : Green and yellow, yes, and we do red as well.
Barry : So UV stabilised?
Mark : UV Stabilised ... Barry : What does that mean?
Mark : ... so UV Stabilized Barry means that’s not going to be affected by the sunlight.
Barry : OK. Mark : So I just mentioned the red tubing if this was a cheap commercial product, which ours is not.
It would actually turn brown under UV Light.
Barry : So it can actually change the colour of the tubing, the sunlight can. Mark : So it could change the colour but for ...
... something like this, you obviously don’t want that to happen ...
... so that is why we recommend using HellermannTyton´s TF21.
Barry : So that’s a pretty dangerous aspect of UV stabilised. Mark : It is indeed, yes.
So I am going to start shrinking Barry, but before that, I actually need some protective equipment. Barry : OK.
Mark : So I have some gloves. Barry : What are we going to use to shrink?
Mark : To shrink it Barry, I’ve got the HellermannTyton heat gun.
I am also going to be putting on our deflector nozzle.
Now we have used this in the past, in previous videos. Barry : OK.
Mark : And what this enables us to do is get a nice even heat.
Barry : So we used that on our SE28. Mark : We did use it on our SE28.
Barry : If you’ve not seen that, ... Mark& Barry : ... please click on the link below.
Mark : I´ll just leave it a second to warm up, Barry. Barry : OK.
Barry : Why do we do that Mark?
Mark :That’s to start a nice uniform shrink, Barry ... Barry : OK.
Mark : ... because we don’t want hot spots and cold spots on our tubing.
Barry : What does this shrink at, this TF21? Mark : This actually shrinks at 90°C ...
Barry : So quite low. Mark : ... so it’s quite low, yes.
One of the advantages of that Barry is that a lot of these cable jackets are made out of PVC.
PVC has a very low operating temperature , ...
... so PVC jackets could actually start to melt. However, because our TF21 starts to shrink at 90°C ...
... Its perfect for PVC cable jackets.
So, I’ve gone all the way down there ...
Barry : That was quick. Mark : And there you go Barry.
Nicely repaired there.
Barry : Perfect repair.
So as you can see, very simple to use.
Available in a range of colours. So that’s our TF21 UV stabilised product ... Mark : ... 600 volt rated.
Barry : Yep. We hope we’ve answered all your questions. If not, then please send them in ...
... and we will get round to them and give you another sessions.
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I’m Barry ... Mark : ... and I’m Mark.
Barry : ... and we’ll see you again soon. Mark : Goodbye.