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Both good suggestions. You can also seal it with silicone sealer. Make
a ball around it. This will seal it from water, air and moisture.

Ron


Good idea but I've read that you have to be careful of what type of
silicone you use. Apparently at least one type has an acid in it that
will eat away and corrode the wire.

Eisboch


I always wondered about that. Is that why 'dielectric' silicone is
recommended for exposed electrical wiring connections exposed to the
elements?


Not really. A dielectric means it will conduct electricity.
I can't remember right now which of the silicone "sealers" is the one to
avoid when sealing electrical connections, but I do remember the issue about
it corroding the wires over time.

Eisboch

http://www.neelyindustries.com/pdf/738.pdf#search='silicone%20sealant%20electrical'


Eisboch

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Not really. A dielectric means it will conduct electricity.

Dielectric means it insulates not conducts.

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Not really. A dielectric means it will conduct electricity.

Dielectric means it insulates not conducts.


ooopppss!

You are right, of course. I had it backwards. The dielectrics are available
as a grease though, not a curable silicone to the best of my knowledge,
although I didn't look for it.

There are noncorrosive silicones designed to seal electrical connections.

Eisboch

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Not really. A dielectric means it will conduct electricity.

Dielectric means it insulates not conducts.


ooopppss!

You are right, of course. I had it backwards. The dielectrics are
available as a grease though, not a curable silicone to the best of my
knowledge, although I didn't look for it.

There are noncorrosive silicones designed to seal electrical connections.

Eisboch


I have always soldered then heat shrink wrapped my electrical connections on
the boat. What advantage does the noncorrosive silicone add to the mix?
Does it replace the heat shrink wrap and do a better job?

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Not really. A dielectric means it will conduct electricity.

Dielectric means it insulates not conducts.


ooopppss!

You are right, of course. I had it backwards. The dielectrics are
available as a grease though, not a curable silicone to the best of my
knowledge, although I didn't look for it.

There are noncorrosive silicones designed to seal electrical connections.

Eisboch


I have always soldered then heat shrink wrapped my electrical connections
on the boat. What advantage does the noncorrosive silicone add to the
mix? Does it replace the heat shrink wrap and do a better job?


I don't know. I've always heat shrinked also. I found out about the
silicon sealant issue when I was installing buried wiring for a sprinkler
system. The connections were made with wirenuts and I was advised to fill
them with silicon "rubber" but of the type that would not corrode the wires.

Eisboch

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Not really. A dielectric means it will conduct electricity.

Dielectric means it insulates not conducts.


ooopppss!

You are right, of course. I had it backwards. The dielectrics are
available as a grease though, not a curable silicone to the best of my
knowledge, although I didn't look for it.

There are noncorrosive silicones designed to seal electrical
connections.

Eisboch


I have always soldered then heat shrink wrapped my electrical connections
on the boat. What advantage does the noncorrosive silicone add to the
mix? Does it replace the heat shrink wrap and do a better job?


I don't know. I've always heat shrinked also. I found out about the
silicon sealant issue when I was installing buried wiring for a sprinkler
system. The connections were made with wirenuts and I was advised to fill
them with silicon "rubber" but of the type that would not corrode the
wires.

Eisboch


I ran across the same thing earlier this spring with landscape lighting. I
soldered the connections, gave them a squirt of silicone (the sealant type
used around windows), then wrapped them in electrical tape.

I hope that lasts for at least 4 years as we will be selling the house and
moving to our retirement house on the water soon before then. ;-)

For the ultimate I've soldered, put some silicon on, and then covered
with heat shrink. Shrink it and then wipe off the excess silicon.

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Not really. A dielectric means it will conduct electricity.

Dielectric means it insulates not conducts.


ooopppss!

You are right, of course. I had it backwards. The dielectrics are
available as a grease though, not a curable silicone to the best of my
knowledge, although I didn't look for it.

There are noncorrosive silicones designed to seal electrical
connections.

Eisboch


I have always soldered then heat shrink wrapped my electrical connections
on the boat. What advantage does the noncorrosive silicone add to the
mix? Does it replace the heat shrink wrap and do a better job?


I don't know. I've always heat shrinked also. I found out about the
silicon sealant issue when I was installing buried wiring for a sprinkler
system. The connections were made with wirenuts and I was advised to fill
them with silicon "rubber" but of the type that would not corrode the
wires.

Eisboch


I ran across the same thing earlier this spring with landscape lighting. I
soldered the connections, gave them a squirt of silicone (the sealant type
used around windows), then wrapped them in electrical tape.

I hope that lasts for at least 4 years as we will be selling the house and
moving to our retirement house on the water soon before then. ;-)