On 8/19/2011 8:24 PM, millinghill wrote:
Hi.
While gardening, I dug way too deep and cut through the wire (UF
cable) that goes to the lightpost (120volt) at the driveway
entrance . If possible, I want to avoid trenching and replacing the
whole line. I cut the wire close to the house, so... if there's a
reasonable way to splice it, I can get some slack in the wire from the
house side. Or I can just run a new line from the house to the
splice. But, I'm not sure what to do.

1. does HomeDepot sell waterproof electrical junction boxes that have
waterproof clamps for incoming/outgoing wires such that I can make the
splice, put on wire twist caps, and bury the box?
2. do I strip and solder the wires together and then coat the whole
thing with Liquid Electrical Tape and just bury it back up?

Please help. All advice appreciated.
Theodore

dig up the spot, making an extra big hole. Then ADD a piece of wire
about a two feet long, make the splices with standard (or waterproof)
wire nuts. THEN, shove each set of splices into a tin can filled with
roofing tar. We have a splice of this nature in the 300' run of 10-3 to
our detached garage. Been there almost 40 years.

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Steve Barker
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