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Don't they have any kind of splash protected terminal assembly? - Why do
you
need to use wire nuts, these give next to no splash protection!

Good point. The splices wont be near the water but to be extra safe I
think I am goint to solder the connections and use some Scotch 23
rubber splicing tape to seal them up.


You can get heatshrink sleeve with pre-applied adhesive lining that is
supposed to set to a splash proof seal provided it's shrunk size is a good
fit to the wire - I usually just buy the regular heatshrink and melt some
hot-melt glue onto the solder joint, it takes a bit of practice to heat the
shrink sleeve from the middle outwards and get it hot enough to squeeze the
hot glue as it shrinks - without splitting! But once you get the hang of it
you can make pretty good waterproof joins.