CW,
Sorta agree with Greg. 'Great Stuff' will not keep the water out....
Have personal experience here with this. But, It works for Wasps!
The Crisco solution may work; but only for maybe 2 seasons.
Try this....
Take a Crisco #10 can and stuff the connections into it. Then, fill the
can with Silicone putty/sealant/spooge/whatever. Once it cures, even
if/when the can rusts, the stuff 'contained' should remain water-proof;
as Greg suggests (for some large period of time)!
Yupper! You do still find really good troubles!
Best,
Duncan
On 07/21/2010 20:38, tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote:
I had mentioned great stuff but someone aserted it was porous. I had suggested
a piece of pvc and using that at both ends
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Interesting idea, but I'd confirm that the Crisco is really non-conductive.
Being essentially a fat, it would also decompose over time.
You could also consider trying a closed-cell expanding foam (ie: Great Stuff)
or silicone...
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Subject: [H] Insane method for protecting an ethernet join in a hole of water
Ok, have a location where a 1000' splice of ethernet runs and makes a turn.
Due to a really poorly cut conduit by the client, this has never been right
since
the beginning. So, wire people out, we're trying to think of a unique
solution. We had a wild brainstorm today.
Here's the deal. At 600', a box in the ground (about 2' down) joins. Cable
comes in both ways. Joins there (just couplers basically). But the box fills
with water every single night all the way.
The wire installer tried a weathertight box (still leaked in once submerged,
more designed to resist rain) and they've tried wrapping with electrical tape,
etc.. in the end, same thing happens, short across live wires and down she
goes.
So, a guy at the meeting, the sprinkler systems person proposed something I
thought was ridiculous but I've thought about since all day. Get a can of
Crisco, wrap the wires, and run them down into the crisco can, seal the top,
let go. Crisco would hold out the water and it's non-conductive. This is
after
they suggested peanutbutter.
We all laughed like crazy when these were suggested. Now I'm wondering
how dumb of an idea this would actually be... worst case, you're just out the
$5 to try...
