SAWDOC
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Reged: 24/02/2008
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thanks for excellent advice - much appreciated. 
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DaveS
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Reged: 25/08/2004
Posts: 1230
Loc: West Coast of Scotland
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I entirely agree with a number of points. Using plugs and sockets without an adequate ingress protection (IP) rating is just asking for trouble. Decent plugs and sockets are an entirely different matter. The Binder units are IP66 which is pretty good. I've used Bulgin Buccaneers (IP68: even better) for years without any problems (available from e.g. RS and now increasingly seen in chandlers). I am also a great fan of applying vaseline generously on assembly (terminations and pins / tubes) with an annual smear on mating surfaces thereafter.
On the other hand I really dislike the "normal" system of a deck gland with the connections made up in a bit of "chocolate block" connector below deck. Yuk! Plenty of opportunity for moisture to get into the cabling (unless lots of vaseline is used, which makes the annual connecting / disconnecting job messy), the exposed end of the mast cable must be carefully taped up over winter and, worst of all, every time the screws are tightened up a few more wire strands are severed. It's a system that nobody other than yotties would consider for a moment, yet we happily go around telling each other that it's the only right way to do it... 
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Chris_Robb
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Reged: 15/06/2001
Posts: 2491
Loc: Portsmouth
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One way to make the standard deck glands water proof - and I really waterproof, is to use self amalgamting tape.
Wrap a good quantity f the stuff round the fittings and you wont have any trouble.
However if the wire has already gone black, you may need to replace the wire. Then protect with this tape.
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