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Secondary locking device
Secondary locking device
t  The secondary locking device is a securing element designed to secure all the wires in a connector housing. If a connector housing is fitted with a secondary locking device, this must always be opened or removed using the specified tool before releasing and extracting individual crimp connectors.
t  The secondary locking device is of a different colour to the rest of the connector housing to aid identification and show how it works.
t  The types of connector housing shown here are only a selection designed to illustrate examples of the various operating principles of the secondary locking devices.
   
Example 1:
–  Release the housing securing element by removing the „comb“-arrow-.
  N97-10298
Example 2:
–  Release the housing securing element by opening the „flap“-arrow-.
  N97-10299
Example 3:
–  Release the housing securing element by disengaging a „slide“-arrow-.
  N97-10300

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