Garden wiring

Andy™ · Apr 28, 2011

todays job: locate buried/flooded junction boxes & replace with resin joints

considering the terminations are flooded, i was surprised IR was >299 once i removed cables from box

sprocketflup · Apr 28, 2011

Thats quite a hole there - take much finding?

Andy™ · Apr 28, 2011

Thats quite a hole there - take much finding?

took ages finding them. digging holes, following cables etc. customer done most of the digging though

there is still 1 jb missing that i know of, but im almost certain its under a path. but IR is >10. all others were < 0.01

took 4 hours to locate & re-do 5 of them

sprocketflup · Apr 28, 2011

Sheesh - what a pain! once the JB is located, does the resin joint take much doing? Ive never done one myself but have been asked a few times now about garden electrics

Andy™ · Apr 28, 2011

not much to it. re-terminate cables, fit case around joint, tape ends, play with resin bag, pour in, fit lid and your done

and if it isnt taped enough and resin starts to leak, squash soil against it.... (last pic)

Chris_81 · Apr 28, 2011

Bet they were fun to hunt out! Judging by the way the cables are all twisted around in the holes I'm surprised you managed to trace anything.

Resin joints aren't to bad to do, much better than burying anything that isnt even sealed!!