MIL-STD-2003 Electric Plant Installation Standard Methods For Surface Ships And SubmarinesThis standard covers shipboard installation requirements for electrical cable, equipment, penetrations, cableways, and connectors. This standard consists of this general standard and five parts as follows: Part 1 Cable Preparation and end-sealing, entry to equipment and connectors, repair and splicing. Part 2 Equipment Equipment mounting, switchboard mounting, battery equipment, casualty power, and shore power. Part 3 Penetrations Swage tubes, stuffing tubes, kickpipes, surface ships and submarines, hull penetration, and general. Part 4 Cableways General, submarine, surface ship and cable protection. Part 5 Connectors Cable and conductor preparation in accordance with MIL-C-81511, MIL-DTL-5015, MIL-DTL-26482, MIL-DTL-28840, MIL-DTL-22992, and MIL-DTL-38999 connectors.

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MIL-STD-2003A(SH)

MIL-DTL-38999 - Connectors, Electrical Circular, Miniature, High Density, Quick Disconnect (Bayonet, Threaded and Breech Coupling), Environment Resistant, Removable Crimp and Hermetic Solder Contacts, General Specification for

MIL-C-81511 - Connectors, Electrical, Circular, High Density, Quick Disconnect, Environment Resisting: and Accessories General Specification for

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STANDARDS

MIL-STD-2003-1 - Electric Plant Installation Standard Methods for Surface Ships and

Submarines (Cable)

MIL-STD-2003-2 - Electric Plant Installation Standard Methods for Surface Ships and

Submarines (Equipment)

MIL-STD-2003-3 - Electric Plant Installation Standard Methods for Surface Ships and

Submarines (Penetrations)

MIL-STD-2003-4 - Electric Plant Installation Standard Methods for Surface Ships and

Submarines (Cableways)

MIL-STD-2003-5 - Electric Plant Installation Standard Methods for Surface Ships and

Submarines (Connectors)

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2.3 Order of precedence. Unless otherwise noted herein or in the contract, in the event of a conflict between the text of this document and the references cited herein, the text of this document takes precedence. Nothing in this document, however, supersedes applicable laws and regulations unless a specific exemption has been obtained.

3. DEFINITIONS

This section is not applicable to this standard.

4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

4.1 MIL-STD-2003-1. This part provides general requirements for the selection, use, and installation of cables aboard ships and submarines. Cable slack, bend radius, entrance into equipment, connections, and the use of watertight cable are among the topics for which requirements are established.

4.2 MIL-STD-2003-2. This part provides general requirements for electrical equipment. Mounting, welding, fasteners, batteries, battery service facilities, casualty power, shore power, and grounding are among the topics for which requirements are established.

4.3 MIL-STD-2003-3. This part provides general requirements for cable penetrations of various boundaries using stuffing tubes and multi-cable penetrations (MCPs). Topics for which requirements are established include penetration of pressure hulls; pressure-proof, shielded, ballistic bulkheads and decks; and the use of riser boxes and kickpipes.

4.4 MIL-STD-2003-4. This part provides general requirements for cable runs and cableways for protection and maximum reliability of the cables and electrical distribution system.

4.5 MIL-STD-2003-5. This part provides general requirements and procedures to be utilized by a connector assembly technician for the preparation and installation of shipboard cable connectors.

5. DETAILED REQUIREMENTS

5.1 MIL-STD-2003-1. This part includes detailed requirements for cable preparation, end sealing, entrance into equipment enclosures, repair, splicing, and protection of connectors exposed to weather.