you can also fill something like a film can with hot glue and then not worry about it.
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, NLG wrote: > 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_position=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_position=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 > > > >
