Device for connecting power cable conductors to distribution cable conductors

A device for connecting conductors of power cables to conductors of distribution cables, comprising:

• two substantially parallel panels, each of which has an external surface facing away from an external surface of the other panel and an internal surface facing toward an internal surface of the other panel and each parallel panel is equipped with an opening, the two openings being in alignment with one another;
• the power cables and distribution cables being situated between the internal surfaces of these two panels, ends of the power cable conductors being distributed on the first panel around the opening in said first panel and ends of the distribution cable conductors being distributed on the second panel around the opening in said second panel;
• and
• jumpers extending from the external surface of the first panel, where the jumpers are each connected to an end of a power cable conductor through the first panel, to the external surface of the second panel, where the jumpers are each connected to an end of a distribution cable conductor through the second panel, said jumpers passing through the openings of the first and second panels.

A method for connecting conductors of a power cable to conductors of a distribution cable, comprising:

• mounting a hub on an at least one support surface, said support surface having contacts;
• distributing and mounting ends of the conductors of the power cable and ends of the conductors of the distribution cable to said contacts substantially along a circle centered around the hub;
• connecting ends of the conductors of the power cable to ends of the conductors of the distribution cable with jumpers connected to said contacts;
• and
• maintaining a position of the jumpers with the hub.

A method for connecting conductors of a power cable to conductors of a distribution cable, comprising:

• providing two substantially parallel panels, each panel having an opening, the openings being in alignment with each other;
• distributing and mounting ends of the conductors of the power cable and ends of the conductors of the distribution cable on the panels around the aligned openings;
• and
• connecting ends of the conductors of the power cable on one said panel to ends of the conductors of the distribution cable on the other said panel with jumpers passing through the aligned openings, thereby maintaining a position of the jumpers with the aligned openings.