

TAPE GRADE
History
The Usual Suspects
Ensuring Your Control Box Meets Regulations
What are the advantages of polyethylene backing versus polyester or polyimide?
High Temperature Performance

Conclusion
What is Self-Fusing Rubber Tape?
High voltage insulation tape finds widespread applications in a variety of settings
To use the tape, simply stretch it around the material you are trying to repair. As you wrap the tape in a circular motion, it begins to seal and “fuse” itself to the material. The most common forms of self-fusing / self-amalgamating tapes are made of silicone rubber (though other types also exist). They are designed to create a strong, seamless, rubbery, waterproof, and electrically insulating layer.
What Is a Control Box?
3M rubber tapes have operating temperatures ranging from 176°F (80°C) to 221°F (105°C). Some, Linerless Rubber Splicing Tape 130C and Rubber Splicing Tape 23, have overloads temperatures up to 266°F (130°C). Because of this high heat attribute; there are many industrial settings where it is common to use rubber tape in lower voltage applications to moisture seal, pad and insulate: