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1. REPORT NUMBER 



TN-1437 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO 



DN687026 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBEF 



TITLE (and Subtitle) 



UNDERWATER REPAIR OF ELECTROMECHANICAL 

 CABLES 



5. TYPE OF REPORT ft PERIOO COVERED 



Final; May - Jun 1975 



6 PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



AUTHORfs. 



CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfsJ 



G. A. Edgerton 



PERFORMING ORCNI Z ATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



CIVIL ENGINEERING LABORATORY 

 Naval Construction Battalion Center 

 Port Hueneme, California 93043 



62759N; YF52.556.003.01.009 



I. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

 Alexandria, Virginia 22332 



12. REPORT DATE 



April 1976 



,: >- NUMBER OP" PAGES 



6 



14. MONITORING AGENCY NAME fl ADDRESSfii 



' from Controlling Office) 



15. SECURITY CLASS, (ol i 



Unclassified 



15a. DECLASSIFI CATION.' DOWN GRADING 

 SCHEDULE 



16. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of this Report) 



Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



17. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of t 



Block 20. if different from Report) 



SUPPLEMEN 



19. KEY WORDS (Coi 



ify by block number) 



Underwater cable splices, electromechanical cables, electrical splice, underwater repair, 

 diver repair, single conductor, multiconductor, electrical repair. 



20. ABSTRACT (Contlnu 



nd identify by bloc 



Procedures have been developed which will allow the underwater repair of electro- 

 mechanical cables by divers with a minimum amount of training and with off-the-shelf 

 materials. These simple techniques allow repair of electrical systems in-situ as opposed to 

 resurfacing before effecting repairs. The technique combines the use of standard electrical 

 wire crimping equipment, Tygon tubing, and RTV. The splices have been successfully tested 

 in the Civil Engineering Laboratory's (CEL) pressure vessel facility with cyclic pressures to 



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