movement of the insulator slide assembly 200 operation of the bypass tap tool 100 will be described with reference to fig1 20 to prepare the tap 15 for service the plugs 28 are removed from the respective plug ports 27 the protective cap 250 is removed from the bypass assembly 110 and the contact assemblies 132 are aligned with the open plug ports 27 as shown in fig1 at this stage the insulator slide assembly 200 is in the retracted position referring to fig1 the bypass tap tool 100 is then inserted onto the tap 15 with the contact assemblies 132 entering into plug ports 27 and the contact ports 128 encasing the plug ports 27 the bypass assembly 110 is moved forward until the contact probes 142 are in contact with the terminal screws 46 referring to fig2 as the bypass assembly 110 is moved forward the guides 136 push between the terminal housing 40 and the main housing 26 to create a slight space therebetween if the service technician is certain that the tap 15 does not include a bypass switch 60 the tap cover 10 can be removed and the bypass assembly 110 will allow the signal to bypass the open circuited tap however if the service technician is at all uncertain about whether the tap 15 includes a bypass switch 60 the insulator slide assembly 200 should be utilized as shown in fig1 20 the insulator slide assembly 200 is pushed forward by the force application element 210.