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Seti4No.S 13-42 3
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0.1. TI~cse specifications are issued under the f xed Serial No. S 13; the fin&-) .
numbc~*nt?ica;llcs the year or original adoption as standard, or in the ease of re-
virion, d e jear of last revision.
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AWPED, 1944; RFV~SFD,1953, 1962
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- 0.2. The revision of the year 1962 has been made to introduce the metric
units. Howcver,equiralcnts in F. P, S. system are also given in brackets rot 1
guidance. They are not necessarily exact conversions and the F. P. S . units shall '
'oc dropped afrogutl~erat a later date.
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0.3. Xt is dcsirabfc that wires for signalling have a refativally high limit a€
proportionality and that no significant elongarion ofthe wirc occurs until the wire,
i s stressed to near its breaking iiinit. In the present specification, therefore, a
rnaximutn.clongati~nhas becn specified in place of the minimum formerly specified
and the torqian test has been dclctcd. The yurp6se ofspecirying a maxr'mum
-elongation is lo
- ensure that the wirc is hard-drawn and lo exclude the supply of
"'nanc;lIed h- uc.
' r:?+:.
oid (be possibility of kinking, the wire should be aid out from tl
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~ ~ or* a. rcvulving tutntabIe or if this is not zlvailab c by rorrlag z l
i o i l rnezns a
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citc coi I along the ground.
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