>We used grease filled splice cases for direct buried telco cables years ago. Never had one fail.
Because all of the ones that did fail could never call you? ;) Frontier and AT&T out here doing the same thing as we hit their unmarked shit everywhere. Those grease filled things that have a big heat shrink are really cool but man that's a ton of work. On Wed, Mar 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM <ch...@go-mtc.com> wrote: > We used grease filled splice cases for direct buried telco cables years > ago. Never had one fail. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Mark Radabaugh > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 5, 2025 9:55 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Sealing Wire Splice > > > > Good adhesive lined heat shrink over a soldered joint is probably the > best. Second best is glue filled heat shrink splice connectors. Marine > grade ones work well. > > > > Something like this: > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DOTB0XE/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01DOTB0XE&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_ssd_tt&qid=1741193637&pd_rd_w=ELOy5&content-id=amzn1.sym.8591358d-1345-4efd-9d50-5bd4e69cd942%3Aamzn1.sym.8591358d-1345-4efd-9d50-5bd4e69cd942&pf_rd_p=8591358d-1345-4efd-9d50-5bd4e69cd942&pf_rd_r=X4AATP87T3G0KZEM9MHM&pd_rd_wg=hgo4T&pd_rd_r=b5da15c6-3913-4507-8434-5198dcb57f1c&pd_rd_plhdr=t&th=1 > > > > Mark > > > > On Feb 27, 2025, at 10:21 AM, Matt <matt.mailingli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Occasionally I need to splice low voltage wiring in very damp > environments. Like a few 16 gauge wires for a sensor. I remember > seeing a plastic tray type thing that after joining the wires with > whatever means you placed it in the tray, filled the tray with > silicone RTV then snapped it shut. > > It looked something like an outdoor outlet cover like this but > obviously much smaller. > > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08XQFR68N/ > > Anyone know what these were or where to get them? Maybe it was back in > T1 days when they spliced underground? > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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