Method for protecting a cable splice connection with a cover assembly

A method for protecting a cable splice connection including a cable, the cable including an electrical conductor surrounded by a cable insulation layer, the method comprising:

• providing a splice body assembly including:
• an electrically insulative, elastomeric splice body having an interior surface defining an interior passage, the splice body including:
• a Faraday cage layer including a Faraday cage interface surface forming a part of the interior surface of the splice body defining the interior passage;
• a stress cone layer including a stress cone interface surface forming a part of the interior surface of the splice body defining the interior passage;
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• a primary insulation layer including a primary insulation interface surface forming a part of the interior surface defining the interior passage, the primary insulation interface layer extending axially from the Faraday cage interface surface to the stress cone interface surface;
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• a layer of a conformable medium pre-mounted on the interior surface of the splice body, wherein the conformable medium is pre-mounted on the primary insulation interface surface, wherein the conformable medium is a flowable, electrically insulative material;
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• mounting the splice body assembly on the cable splice connection such that the layer of the conformable medium is interposed between and is in direct contact with each of the interior surface of the splice body and an opposing interface surface of the cable insulation layer;
• wherein mounting the splice body assembly on the cable splice connection includes mounting the splice body assembly on the splice connection such that the layer of the conformable medium is interposed between and is in direct contact with each of the primary insulation interface surface and the opposing interface surface of the cable insulation at least from the Faraday cage interface surface to the stress cone interface surface.