I recently bought a foreclosure that had been vacant for 2-3 years. The property is gated with a series of post lights along the wall at the front of the property. At either end of the front wall, gray direct burial cable for these post lights surfaces; 5-6 cables are spliced together into three nuts (one for each of the three wires: white, black, and bare). The wires are just sticking out of the ground exposed. Some have nuts (looks like they *used* to have gel in them) and some are just wrapped with electrical tape (!). Obviously, when it rains, the lights flicker or don't come on. (Where the DBC surfaces to power each post light, it is enclosed in flexible conduit.) What is the best way to correct these splices? I was thinking gel tube splice kits housed below grade in hand holes, but can the nuts/tubes handle 5-6 wires each? Should I be doing something different?
On one of the splice locations, it looks like an invasive weed has been cut back so many times, it has literally grown into a 6" diameter tree stump and is crowding out the DBC. That will be an interesting fix....
On one of the splice locations, it looks like an invasive weed has been cut back so many times, it has literally grown into a 6" diameter tree stump and is crowding out the DBC. That will be an interesting fix....
