HVS Heat Shrinkable Shim Kits

HVS - SHIM

Heat Shrinkable Shim Kits Rated for use at 5 to 35 Kilovolts

Use TE Connectivity’s Raychem HVS shim kits to increase the insulation diameter of a polymeric cable, allowing it to fit in the use range of a standard splice kit For use on copper tape, LC shield, wire shield, lead sheath, UniShield, and jacketed/unjacketed concentric neutral cables.

Follow these steps to select the appropriate shim kit:

1. Verify that the insulation diameters of the two cables to be spliced do not fall within the insulation
range of any standard splice kit

2. Select the splice kit that fits the larger of the two cables within the kit’s insulation-diameter use
range. If the larger cable fits in more than one kit, choose the smaller kit

3. Determine the minimum cable insulation diameter for the kit and find that value in the first column
below Example: An HVS-1523S kit has a cable insulation range of 1 10-1 60 inches. Therefore,
the minimum cable insulation diameter for this kit is 1 10 inches.

4. Find the insulation diameter range in which the smaller cable falls.
Note: If the smaller cable does not fit within any of the specified ranges, a standard shim cannot be used.

5. Select the correct HVS-SHIM kit to order.

Standard Shim Kit Sizes Include:
HVS-SHIM-1 has a minimum cable insulation diameter ranging from 20 to 27 mm with insulation diameter ranges of (15-20 mm); (17-22 mm); (18-23 mm); (20-24 mm); (22-25 mm); and (23-27 mm).

HVS-SHIM-2 has a minimum cable insulation diameter of 27 mm with an insulation diameter range of (18-23 mm).

HVS-SHIM-3 has a minimum cable insulation diameter ranging from 28 to 38 mm with insulation diameter ranges of (23-28 mm); (24-29 mm); (25-30 mm); (28-32 mm); (29-33 mm); (30-34 mm); (32-36 mm); (33-37 mm); and (34-38 mm).

HVS-SHIM-4 has a minimum cable insulation diameter ranging from 28 to 33 mm with insulation diameter ranges of (18-23 mm); (20-24 mm); (22-25 mm); (24-28 mm); and (25-29 mm).

HVS-SHIM-5 has a minimum cable insulation diameter ranging from 34 to 38 mm with insulation diameter ranges of (25-30 mm); (27-32 mm); (29-33 mm); and (30-34 mm).

HVS-SHIM-6 has a minimum cable insulation diameter ranging from 39 to 46 mm with insulation diameter ranges of (34-39 mm); (36-41 mm); (37-42 mm); (38-43 mm); (39-44 mm); and (41-46 mm).