Table 2-4.--Telephone Identification Code (TEL)

Method 3--calls for the use of solid colors or solid

cables. Table 2-4 gives the telephone identification

base colors with tracers as required.

color codes for telephone cables. Table 2-5 gives the

special identification color codes for conductors and

Method 4--calls for the use of colored braids.

groups of conductors, such as pairs and triads. Letter

Method 5--calls for the use of the printed letter

identification codes consist of the letters A, B, C, and D

on the outermost insulating tape or the printed letter

printed in block type and with black, white, red, and

on a polyester binder tape over the insulating tape.

green ink, respectively. There are six methods of apply-

ing identification to the conductors of a cable. They are

Method 6--calls for numerals to be printed in ink

as follows:

on the insulation of the conductor.

Method 1--calls for printing of the number and

CABLE COMPARISON

color designation on the outer surface of the insulation

HANDBOOK

or jacket of each conductor.

Method 2--calls for the use of opaque white

A new cable comparison handbook is being

polyester tapes that have been printed with both the

developed by NAVSEA and will contain information

number and color designation prior to application.

on the most current cables authorized for shipboard

use. The new handbook will provide information to

Table 2-4.--Telephone Identification Code (TEL)

supply and installation activities on the use of

electrical shipboard cable, particularly in the selection

of suitable alternate or substitute cables for use in lieu

of specified types and sizes that might not be

immediately available, and for selecting a currently

available item suitable for replacement of obsolete

items. Cables will be listed in the handbook by general

classifications as to application and design.

CABLE MARKING

Metal tags embossed with the cable designations

are used to identify all permanently installed

shipboard electrical cables. The tags (fig. 2-41), when

properly applied, afford easy identification of cables

for purposes of maintenance and repair of IC circuits.

Table 2-5.-Special Identification Code (SPL)