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TechnicalB ulletin
Date:June1,2015
ProductLine:
Bambi
Models:BambiMax
Subject:IVCcableinstallation
Background
OlderBambiMaxmanualsinstructoperatorstofastentheIVC powercabletotheIDShuband
deploymentcableusingzip‐ties.Operatorsareinstructedtoprovidesomeslackduringinstallation.
Despitethis,SEIhasobservedincidencesofthepowercablebeingpulledfromthestrainreliefonthe
IVC,resulting
inwateringress.Thezip‐tiemaygraduallyworkalongthepowercableovertimeand
eliminateslack.
Recomm endations
SEIrecommendsthatoperatorsavoidfasteningthepowercabletotheIDSorIDSdeploymentcableall
together.Insteadtheoperatorsshouldfastenthecabledirectlytothebucketheadwith4zip‐tiesas
illustratedinFigure1.Operatorsmustensurethatthereisatleast6”ofslackin
theline.Itis
recommendedthatoperatorsquicklycheckthatthereisadequateslackinthelinebeforeflight.
NewbucketswillalreadyhavetheinstallationshowninFigure1.