Stress control for termination of a high voltage cable

Claim 1

An elastically recoverable termination for an electrical power cable including an inner conductor, electrical insulation surrounding the conductor and a semi-conductive shield surrounding the insulation, wherein the shield is removed to a predetermined length and the insulation is removed to a lesser predetermined length to expose the conductor, the termination comprising: a first region of non-tacky conformable stress control material for contact with a cut end of the cable shield and extending along the cable insulation; a second region of non-tacky conformable stress control material to be disposed in contact with a cut end of the cable insulation; and a polymeric electrically insulating layer extending the entire length from a first end of the termination to a second end of the termination, the electrically insulating layer disposed over said first and second regions of stress control material; wherein the non-tacky stress control material comprises a) 100 parts of a resin component containing 1) from 20% to 80% of an epihalohydrin polymer, and 2) correspondingly, from 80% to 20% of an insulating silicone polymer having a tan δ of less than one, b) from 10 to 200 parts of a filler, said filler being nonconductive at room temperature, selected from the group consisting of barium titanate and hydrated aluminum silicate, and c) from 0 to 30 parts of a plasticizer.