this requires the use of a poly olephan, or PVC heat shrink,. I'd go with the poly olephan (forgive spelling) as something like Teflon takes 550F to shrink and the heavy PVCs take over 250F. Poly olephan can shrink in boiling water.
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Dale Leavens wrote: > Actually that is probably the best solution. You can buy sleeves which > shrink when heat is applied. usually one would use a heat gun but with a > little patience a blow style hair dryer will do as well. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RJ" <r...@velocity.net> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 9:41 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Underground electricity cable > > >> You can get a sleve for this purpose. Any place that sales pump equipment >> should have this in stock. The phone and electric companies use this >> method >> and so does the people that put in submershable water pumps. >> RJ >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jewel" <jewelbla...@xtra.co.nz> >> To: "bhm" <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 8:34 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: >>> blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com >>> 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ >>> >>> 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: >>> blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! 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