Tips on Using Yellow/Green heat shrink Sleeve
Time: 2015-05-19 15:00:55     Copyfrom: volsun

The following is the brief introduction on where and how to use yellow/green striped heat shrink sleeve.

In daily life, as long as where is the wire, where we often use heat shrink tube for wire identification. In addition to using heat shrink tube to identify, yellow/green striped heat shrink sleeve is also the most common one, which is not only for wiring insulation and protection but also for wiring identification.

Here I will explain to you the basic of wire. Conventional wire is divided into live wire, neutral wire and ground wire, and ground wire is normally made distinctly by yellow/ green color. That’s why yellow/ green shrink sleeve take a leading role of identify and insulate the ground wiring. Therefore, yellow/green heat shrink sleeve is also known as ground wiring heat shrink sleeve.

Yellow/green shrink sleeve is made of double extruded yellow and green colors radiation cross-linked polyolefin material. With bright colors, excellent physical and chemical electrical performance, the main function is to identify or mark ground wire of wiring harness or cables, marking of special cables and bus bars. Generally, there are shrink ration 2: 1 or 3: 1 for options, the user can choose their own model according to their needs.

When yellow/green heat shrink sleeve used as ground wire identification, The sleeve needs to be cut in the needed length, then sets the product to be identified in the heating heat shrinkable sleeve to shrink. Marked with yellow/green shrink sleeve, wires won’t be mistaken in future operations, effectively improving operation safety.

There is also another situation using yellow/green heat shrink sleeve. When the ground wire is damaged or broken, we can use yellow/green heat shrink sleeve to repair to make sure good insulate even in harsh environment. Just wear the heat shrink sleeve on the damaged wire, and then heating it evenly with a heat gun. In this situation, yellow/green heat shrink sleeve not just for protection, but also for wire identification.