bill_g wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 9:43 am
I swear irrigation guys do not know how to do waterproof buried connections. They don't have any love for gel filled armored cable either. They use plain old twin strand and twist locks with a little tape. Maybe they are looking forward to the future service call when it fails in the next decade.
PS: don't understand your acronym salad.
Yeah, from the looks of the wires attached to the old solenoid, they were just attached with a bit of a twist and some black electricians tape. Really really lazy.
When I repaired the wires on another solenoid a couple of years ago, I crimped a spade connector onto the wires, then tested it, then squirted "Liquid Tape" onto it, let it dry, then wrapped each wire individually with black tape, then wrapped the two wires together, then piled the bricks back into the hole to leave a protective void around it (ain't no shovel gonna get to 'em), then threw the dirt back in. By Spagetti Monster that join isn't gonna corrode away this century.
Edit: Oh. Wait. Maybe I did use twist locks (I call them "wire nuts" - I guess we're talking the same thing). But I did fill them up with liquid tape though. I am not digging it up to confirm what kind of connector I used.