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3M QT-I, QT-II and QT-III Termination Feature & Benefit Comparison

Product Feature 3M QT-I 3M QT-II 3M QT-III Customer Benefits

Living Seal - expands & contracts with cable as

energized and outside temperature changes

No Flame Torch needed

Constant radial pressure

Easy to install for Contract or In-House Crews

Eliminates air voids between Hi-Dielectric Constant

Stress Contol tube and cable insulation

3M is Inventor of Cold Shrink, and has 40 years

experience perfecting it.

Easy to install Termination in limited space

Can start termination and adjust to perfect position

before fiinishing pulling out core

Easy pulling of core over larger diameter shield

end of prepped cable

Termination and stress control not required to

shrink as far over cable insulation and semicon

Entire termination on the core - no need to fold

down bottom shield cover as on Tyco TFT and

Elastimold Ranger-2

Red Shipping Core No No YesStrong support for white pull core under

Termination & Mastic during shipping and storage

Don't need to apply separately

Is factory installed in the right position, reducing

cable installation errors

Helps reduce voltage stress at semicon step

Don't need to apply grease by hand



Blocks moisture from getting into termination

around the lug barrel

Don't need to wrap tape around top of termination



English Instructions

included with each kitYes Yes Yes Eliminates installation questions at the job site.

Lugs or stem

connectors can be

included in the kits

Yes Yes Yes Complete Work Package for your crews

IEEE-48 / Cenelec 0278

/ IEC 502 Tested

On going for

Cenelec / IECYes Yes Reliability tested in a Lab

Over 1 million installed No - New productYes - Over 10

million installedYes Customer Proof of Reliability in the field

Arc and Track

Resistance Test ASTM

2303 @ 3.5kV &

IEC 60 587

Test on-going

integrated skirts

1.2 Hours

integrated skirts

5.0 Hours

integrated skirtsLong service life

Silicone Body for

Excellent UV

Resistance

Yes Yes Yes Long service life

Installation

Technology

Push-on

5kV - 36kV

Cold Shrink

5kV - 46kV

Cold Shrink

5kV - 35kV

and 69kV

Pull Core No Yes Yes

Step Core No Yes Yes

Stress Control built

into Termination

Yes

(integrated -

molded in silicone

insulator)

Yes

(integrated -

separate part)

Yes

(integrated -

separate part)

Semicon Filler Hi-K

Mastic built into

Termination

No - Semicon step

filling grease

applied by hand

No - Semicon step

filling grease

applied by hand

Yes

Top Seal Mastic built

into Termination

No - Kits contain

#70 Silicone Tape

to be hand applied

or slide on silicon

tube

No - Kits contain

#70 Silicone Tape

to be hand applied

Yes

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Product Feature 3M QT-I 3M QT-II 3M QT-III Customer Benefits

Transfer Cost (Euro/kit)

Outdoor 24kV30 40 60 Price per 3 phase kit without lugs

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