Re: How to fix exterior buried coax cable?

Smarty wrote:
"DerbyDad03" <teamarrows@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:fce8e055-6c79-440e-a7b1-65d53f70657d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Aug 30, 7:04 pm, "CraigT" <craigt...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
First off, let me say that whoever installed this cable was an idiot. Cable
was buried maybe 2" down and snaked out away from the house 6 feet then back
then back 4 feet into a flower bed and toward my front porch then back out
again toward the array of utility boxes in the front yard.

You guessed it. When I was dividing some Daylilies today I cut it (not that
I knew until after my shower, when I wanted to watch some football).

All my experience is with interior cable.

I was going to leave the twist on connectors I've already installed on the
cable right where they are, and then put in a regular nickel plated coupler,
and then shrink wrap it. Is this good enough?




This company has been advertising in the ham radio magazines for decades. They claim to be used by the U.S. military, NASA, etc. I have no personal experience with their sealant but assume it must work. For all I know it may be merely silicone caulk / RTV.

http://www.coaxseal.com/

Smarty




Typical silicone caulk is peroxide cure which develops acetic acid when it cures (the vinegar smell) which will quickly corrode copper. There are various other RTVs and silicone gels using other chemistries that aren't corrosive.
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