Posted by Fred Werring on October 28, 2017 at 07:27:58 from (162.213.228.95):
In Reply to: More trailer posted by JimS on October 27, 2017 at 19:24:28:
Used to use silicone, but found that somehow moisture could sometimes still get in there and corrode the wires.
Prefer to use butt splices and dielectric grease anymore. Squirt the grease into the butt splice, then insert the wires and crimp closed.
Yes, it's messy.
Several years ago, accidentally cut the buried phone line while replacing a culvert. Fixed it myself using silicone (butt splices with silicone, another tube over the splice filled with silicone). Fast forward a few years, had trouble with our phone. Turned out it was my splice. Wires corroded, phone tech used tubes filled with dielectric grease to repair it. Never another problem for 10 years till we dropped the land line.
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