I have read through most of this thread and am still wondering if we are talking about the lower primary voltage to this system or the much higher secondary that runs on the bare single wire. Splicing the lower primary under 600 volts is easly done with a splicing kit from a electrical supply house or as some have mentioned submusable pump people. If we are dealing with the much high voltage of the fence itselt It is still possible . Underground splices up to and around the 15,000 volt range is done routinely. Mainly the insulation is much thicker. Building over the splice with linerless splicing tape. A self vulcanizing rubber tape is the least expensive way of getting this thicker insulation. Top coating with a Scotch Kote or brand or other will waterproof it. Glass breaks way too easy for me. Particulary with road traffic over it. If using jars I vote for the plastic and filling with plain grease will waterproof things once the proper insulation is applied over the splice itself. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Jewel To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Underground electricity cable
I will ask one of the specialist hardware dealers in town about dielectric grease. Jewel ----- Original Message ----- From: "NLG" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Underground electricity cable I would put dielectric grease on the splice. If the jar isn't huge, I would fill it also with dielectric grease. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jewel" <[email protected]> To: "bhm" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 08:34 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Underground electricity cable I have widened a gateway under which runs the cable carrying the electricity to my hot wire fence. Consequently, I have had to extend the cable. Preventing the joint from coming in contact with water and soil: both implacable enemies of electricity: is the essential component to making the extension work. What I have done is to drill a hole in the lid and bottom of a plastic jar: fed the cable through the holes so that one cable has the lid threaded on to it, and the other, the jar itself. I then clamped the two cables together and pulled the cable back so that the clamp is enclosed within the jar and screwed the lid on. I haven't reburied the cable yet, as I wanted to know if you think that what I have done, to date, is sufficient protection. When I do dig the cable back in, I plan to put a brick on either side of the jar so that, if a vehicle should pass over top of it, it will be the bricks that will take the weight, leaving the jar unhurt! I would have preferred to use a glass jar, but I did not know how to drill a hole through glass: hence the ubiquitous plastic jar. If I had used a glass jar, its life within the ground would be very long, but what about the plastic. It is not too late to change the jars if anyone can tell me a good, safe way to drill through glass! Any better ideas will be studied and evaluated for their betterness! Jewel ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_posit ion=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_posit ion=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
