On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 23:49:09 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 3/21/2015 10:16 PM, TomR wrote:


Here are the photos of the two damaged areas on the Service Entrance Cable:

http://tinypic.com/r/t7jpd5/8
http://tinypic.com/r/wr10eg/8


Looks like the outer covering is deteriorating. While you can get away
with small patches short term, the rest will be going to crap soon.

I'd consider conduit, but there may be some sort of flexible wrap made
for that.
Check this out.
http://www.conduitrepair.com/product...ctConduit.html

After looking at the pics, I can see that cable insilation is very
brittle. It's been baked by the sun. That link to the split duct
conduit looks ideal. I have never seen that stuff before. That looks
like a great solution. Or loosen it and use regular conduit after the
power is shut off. But if that Flexseal works as good as the tv
commericals (I never used it), that would be a quick and low cost
temporary repair, until a permanent repair can be made with conduit.
Even silicone caulk would probably work for short term.

BTW: Walmart sells that Flexseal cheaper than the S+H on the
commercials.