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splicing technique

5/11/2005 1:28:30 PM
Joe Huegler

5/11/2005 1:28:30 PM
Can you detail the best way to splice a low voltage outdoor lighting fixture onto main power cable? I want to eliminate my existing quick connectors with a more permenant solution (1/2 of them seem to fail every winter). I've seen the suggestion about silcon in the wire nut, but how do I do the rest? For instance, do I cut my main cable (12/2) & wrap the ends together with the leads for the light fixture into a wire nut? There must be a better technique. That seems like way too many cuts on the main cable.

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re: splicing technique

Posted: 5/11/2005 2:11:02 PM

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5/11/2005 2:11:02 PM

There are several ways you can splice into your main cable to eliminate the quick connectors.  Of course, the easiest way is to simply cut the cable, strip back the wires, install a silicon filled wirenut (bathroom silicon sealer) and wrap the splice with electrical tape.  If you have a crimping tool you can get crimping nuts or inline butt connectors.  You can use 3M shrink wrap over the whichever splice to protect the connections. 

We also have HEAVY DUTY QUICK CONNECTORS should you decide to just replace those.  It's the corrosion where the connector penertrates the wire that is usually the problem.  For your older system, you caould also move the connectors to a new location on the wire to solve the problem.

If you need any more OUTDOOR LOW VOLTAGE LANDSCAPE LIGHTING give us a call at 800-239-2939 for assistance!



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