MIL-DTL-38999/32E
Mating connectors: See MIL-DTL-38999, series III.
Gasket shall be bonded to cover, or mechanically retained.
Rope shall rotate freely on fastener.
Fastener tensile strength: The protective cover and rope assembly shall withstand a dead weight
tensile load of 25 pounds applied to both axial and longitudinal directions. The load shall be applied at
the end of the rope assembly and held for 5 minutes. There shall be no separation of the rope
assembly from the protective cover or damage to the rope assembly. Both axial and longitudinal
directions shall be 25 pounds. The load shall be applied to the end of the rope.
Air Leakage: Testing shall be in accordance with EIA-364-02, except the minimum period of
measurement shall be 10 seconds. The air leakage rate shall be no greater than 1 atmospheric cubic
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inch per hour (4.55 X 10 cm /s). Protective covers shall be mated to connectors having either
contacts or inserts removed so that a pressure of 10 lbft/in2 (.703 Kg/cm2 ) can be applied against the
insides of the protective covers or stowage receptacles.
Qualification (all classes). Qualification shall be in accordance with MIL-DTL-38999 except only the
following sequence of tests shall be required:
Examination of product
Coupling torque
Humidity
Salt spray (corrosion)
Fastener tensile strength (see requirement)
Air Leakage
Qualification (classes J and M only): Qualification shall be in accordance with MIL-DTL-38999,
except that in addition to the test sequence specified for all classes above, the following tests shall be
required:
Temperature cycling
Hydrolytic stability
Group A sampling inspection. Sample sizes for group A inspection shall be as specified in table I.
TABLE I. Group A sampling plan.
Lot size
Sampling size
1 to 13
100 percent
14 to 150
13 units
151 to 280
20 units
281 to 500
29 units
501 to 1,200
34 units
1,201 to 3,200
42 units
3,201 and up
54 units
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