Product Description
Brilliance BISTRO STRING STRAIGHT CONNECTOR Part# LOW-VOLTAGE-BISTRO-STRING -STRAIGHT- CONNECTOR
DESCRIPTION
The Low Voltage Bistro String Straight Connector is an
accessory to customize the length of the Low Voltage Bistro
String Reel only. Use with Brilliance Low Voltage Bistro
String to convert low voltage landscape lighting cable to SO
(stranded oil resistant) cable. Order one Low Voltage Bistro
String Straight Connector for each instance in which you have
to convert low voltage landscape lighting cable to SO cable.
INSTALLING THE BISTRO STRING STRAIGHT CONNECTOR TO THE LANDSCAPE CABLE SIDE
1. Unscrew the plastic nut from the straight connector.
2. Use needle nose pliers to gently remove the two-hole rubber grommet from the throat coupler.
3. Unscrew the throat coupler from the center coupler.
4. Using a Philips screwdriver, unscrew the two cable terminals on either side from each other. The middle
terminal is not used for two conductor landscape cable.
5. Strip the landscape cable approximately 1/2 inch.
6. Pass the landscape cable through the nut rounded side first.
7. Splitting the cable apart, insert each conductor through the holes of the two-hole rubber grommet.
8. Pass the landscape cable through the large side of the throat coupler with the fin side first.
9. Insert one side of the split cable into the open cable terminals and tighten the terminal screw. Repeat this step
for the other side of the split cable.
10. Once both conductors have been attached, thread the throat coupler to the center coupler on the terminal
side and screw them together to tighten.
11. Position the two-hole rubber grommet into the fin side of the throat coupler.
12. Thread the compression nut back on to the fin side of the throat coupler.
13. Hand tighten until the landscape cable has been compressed. Do not overtighten.
INSTALLING THE BISTRO STRING STRAIGHT CONNECTOR TO THE SO CABLE SIDE
1. Unscrew the plastic nut from the SO Cable side of the connection.
2. Use needle nose pliers to gently remove the one-hole rubber grommet from the throat coupler.
3. Unscrew the throat coupler from the center coupler.
4. Using a Philips screwdriver, unscrew the two cable terminals on either side from each other. The middle
terminal is not used for two conductor SO cable.
5. Strip the SO cable to reveal the black and white conductors, approximately 1-1/2 inches.
6. Pass the plastic compression nut over the SO cable rounded side first.
7. Insert the SO cable through the hole of the rubber grommet.
8. Pass the SO cable through the small side of the throat coupler with the fin side first.
9. Insert the black and white conductors into the opened terminals. Tighten both terminal screws.
10. Once both conductors have been attached, thread the throat coupler to the center coupler terminal side and
screw together to tighten.
11. Position the one-hole rubber grommet into the fin side of the throat coupler.
12. Thread the compression nut back on to the fin side of the throat coupler. Hand tighten until the SO cable has
been compressed. Do not overtighten.
