Method of installing Y-branch splittable connector

A method for installing a branch in a protective duct containing a bundle of guide tubes comprising the steps:

• cutting the duct at a location where a branch is to be established, thereby producing a pair of spaced apart duct end portions and exposing the bundle of guide tubes;
• providing a Y-branch connector including separable housing portions forming an inlet opening and an outlet opening and a branch stub forming a branch opening;
• arranging the separable housing portions around the exposed bundle with the inlet opening and an outlet opening proximate the duct end portions;
• cutting one of the guide tubes and leading the free end of the cut guide tube into the branch opening;
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• securing the Y-branch connector onto the duct end portions of the duct such that the duct end portions are received in the inlet opening and the outlet opening, respectively, of the Y-branch connector.

A method for installing a cable drop branch at branch point in a protective duct system in which guide tubes have already been laid, comprising the steps:

• providing a Y-branch connector including separable housing portions forming an inlet opening and an outlet opening and a branch stub forming a branch opening;
• severing a short section from the protective duct at the branch point, thereby exposing the guide tubes between spaced apart, severed end portions of the protective duct;
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• opening the separable housing portions and placing them around the exposed guide tubes and severed duct end portions, securing the separable housing portions onto the severed duct end portions, and securing the branch stub around a branch duct.