MIL-C-82632 Connector Kit, Splice, Single WireThis specification establishes the minimum requirements for the procurement of a single wire splice connector, DL 5545977. The connector joins the shipboard guidance wire to the torpedo guidance wire and maintains electrical continuity in seawater to a pressure of 1500 psig. The connector will accept wire sizes from AWG 25 to AWG 23 and is of one type and class.

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MIL-C-82632A(OS)

4.5

Performance and product characteristics tests.

4.5.1 Connector mating force. Securely mount one of the connector halves in

a movable holding device capable of measuring the required engaging force. The

remaining connector half shall be engaged by hand as in service. The force

required-to mate the connector halves shall meet the requirements of 3.5.1.

4.5.2 Connector unmating force.

(a) The wire leads of. the mated connector shall be secured to the jaws of

a tensile tested.

(b) A force of 26.4 � 0.2 pounds for #23 AWG or 20.8 � 0.2 pounds for #24

AWG shall be applied for 30 seconds to the wires at each end of the connector,

tending to pull the connector halves apart.

sample and a discontinuity monitor connected to check for any circuit opens which

might occur. The connector shall meet the requirements of 3.5.2.

(d) The tensile force shall then be Increased to destruction and the force

and type of destruction recorded.

4.5.3

Contact voltage drop.

(a) Crimp 30 contact pairs (each pair consisting of one pin contact plug

and one contact socket assembly) to the size 23 wire provided (4.1.2), using

the procedure of 4.4.1. The unstripped end of the wire is Inserted into the

contact until it bottoms fully.

(b) Strip the insulatlon from the wire ends, leaving a minimun of 3/4

inch of insulation on each, as measureed from. the contact end.

(d) Connect the current supply and voltmeter across the stripped wire ends

and increase the current until it stabilized at 1 ampere, then take the voltage

drop reading immediately. The voltage drop shall conform to the requirements of

3.5.3.

(e) The 15 unmated contact pairs shall be stored unmated for 30 days on

mated and

open shelf storage at room conditions. The contacts shall

tested as above.

4.5.4

Crimp tensile strength.

(a) The Crimp 15 contact pairs to each of the wire sizes provided (4.1.2), using

the procedure of 4.4.1. Do not mate the connectors.

(b) Each contact shall remounted in the jaws of the fixed member of the

tensile tester. Each crimped wire of the contact shall be connected to the wire

holding cam of the moving member of the tester.