STRAIGHT TWIST JOINT

REQUIREMENTS:
TOOLS
 Electrician’s knife
 Steel rule 300 mm
 Diagonal cutting pliers 150 mm

MATERIALS
 PVC insulated copper cable 1/1.12 -2m
 Cotton mill cloth 30 cm square
 Sandpaper

PROCEDURE
1) Collect 2 pieces of 1/1.12 PVC copper cable of 0.5m length.
2) Straighten the cables.
3) Mark 80 mm length on one end of each piece of cable.
4) Use the knife at an angle 20 degree and remove the insulation from each conductor for
a distance of 80 mm.
5) Clean the ends with the help of a cotton cloth.
6) Place the conductors together, about 50 mm from the ends.
7) Twist them tightly around each other in opposite directions.
8) Cut off excess length of the conductor with side cutters.
9) Press the sharp end of the conductor and smoothen it.
10) Cut off the joint after leaving 30mm cable from the joint.

RAT-TAIL JOINT
PROCEDURE
1) Collect 2 pieces of 1/1.12mm PVC copper cable of 0.5m length.
2) Straighten the cables.
3) Skin both the ends for 50 mm.
4) Clean the conductor ends with the help of cotton cloth.
5) Cross the bare wires at an angle of 45 degree and at a distance of 45mm from the cable
end.
6) Tightly twist the ends.
 7) Make at least 6 twists.
8) Fold the remaining wire back on the twists.
9) Press the ends of the wire with the help of combination pliers to avoid sharp ends and
cut off the excess wire.

MARRIED JOINT IN STRANDED CONDUCTORS

REQUIREMENTS:

TOOLS
 Electrician’s knife.
 Steel rule 300mm stainless steel.
 Diagonal cutting pliers 150mm.
 Wooden mallet 75 mm dia. Head with handle.

MATERIALS
 PVC insulated copper cable 7/0.914 -1m
 Cotton cloth 30*30cm
 Sand paper

PROCEDURE
1) Collect 2 pieces of PVC sheathed copper cable of length 0.5m.
2) Mark both cables at 120 mm from the cable ends.
3) Remove the insulation for 120 mm on both the cables.
4) Open the strands, clean the wires and re-twist the strands on original direction upto
50mm from the cable insulation.
5) Cut the centre strand of both the cables close to the twist.
6) Make a binding on the twisted part of one cable end.
7) Interlace the strands keeping the centres butt.
8) Hold the cable end in one hand and twist the strand of the other cable end over it one
by one, closely and tightly.
9) Remove the binding made at step 6.
10) Repeat the operation as in step 8 on the other side with the second cable end.
11) Complete the joint by rounding off the twisted strands with a mallet and cut off the
excess wires.

TEE JOINT IN STRANDED CONDUCTORS

PROCEDURE:
1) Collect two pieces of PVC insulated stranded copper cable. Indicate one piece as
’through cable’.
2) Mark the point of tap in the ‘through cable’ and mark 60mm on either side of the tap
point for the insulation to be removed.
3) Remove 60mm insulation on either side of the ‘through cable’ from the point of tap.
4) Remove the insulation for 180 mm at the end of the ‘tap cable’.
5) Open the strands of the ‘tap cable’ and clean them using sandpaper.
6) Re-twist the strands in the original direction upto 50 mm from insulation and make a
binding on the twist part of the ‘tap cable’.
7) Untwist the through cable to provide an opening at the point of tap.
8) Insert the centre strand of the ’tap cable’ in the opening of the through cable.
9) Wrap three strands of the ‘tap cable’ around the ‘through cable’ on either side of the
tap point to form shoulder on the ‘through cable’.
10) Wrap the strands upto 50 mm to leave a 10 mm gap between the insulation and the
shoulders and trim off the excess length of strands.
11) Remove the binding from the ‘tap cable’, wrap the centre strand of the ‘tap cable’
around the through cable and wrap it in the place of binding.
12) Round up the ends with the combination pliers to avoid sharp edges of the strands.