On Nov 19, 10:11 pm, Jim Redelfs
wrote:
In article ,
Art Todesco wrote:

What I would do, although I did 31 years
in the Telco business, is to go
to Lowes or Menards, etc. and get some
splice beanies. These beanies
have a place to push the 2 ends of the
broken wire, same color. You then
squeeze the beanie and it cuts the
insulation and connects the 2 together.
Some even have some silicon goo to make
it more waterproof. They also
have cylinders where you shove the
spliced wires and apply a sealant.

It'll fail.

All the silicon goo/caulk/sealant/whatever isn't even CLOSE to the encapsulant
used for "official" buried splices.

In 34 years I've lost count of all the DIY buried splices I've dug up. Sorry.
--

JR

The line has already been patched (by telco) in the middle of its 1
furlong run one time from when the elec co. broke the phone line. I
couldn't be there to see what he used, too bad. It was only about 4
years ago.

Surely this encapsulant can be purchased somewhere. Its a large city
here.

Thanks

phil

ps thanks everyone for all the input.