Do you think splicing 100' of wire onto a GTO exit wand would work?
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From: Michael A. Terrell on 2 Feb 2010 22:16 Dean Hoffman wrote: > > > I have to find the 4-wire multi-stranded shielded cable first ... but I > > will try the splice kit at the same time if I can find that also. > > > The wire sounds like two pair direct burial phone line. We use it > on irrigation systems. Have you tried the local telephone company? Direct burial telephone wire is solid, not stranded. It is usually thinner, like 22 gauge as well. -- Greed is the root of all eBay.
From: Elmo on 3 Feb 2010 01:10 On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:01:38 -0600, Dean Hoffman wrote: >> I have to find the 4-wire multi-stranded shielded cable >> > The wire sounds like two pair direct burial phone line. We use it > on irrigation systems. Have you tried the local telephone company? Interesting. I don't know if the local phone company sells to people, but I can ask.
From: Elmo on 3 Feb 2010 01:10 On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:55:51 -0500, mm wrote: >>she said the problem is that it will eventually break. > > No, it won't. Not if it's soldered correctly. > Have you soldered much? I have a propane torch, a smaller butane torch with soldering tips, and the Weller soldering station. I'm not all that good (I always seem to melt the solder instead of heating the wires) but I'd consider myself ok with solder. > Of course you'll know where it is. It will be 50 feet from where you > buried the wand. And about 100 feet from where the controller is. I could also look for an electrical connection type box (like the ones used with the water sprinklers) and that way it would be obvious to all, even any new owners. > Now, if you don't have an connector on the end of the wire, > you could use heat-shrink tubing, > I think the scotch 23, silicone tape will do a much better job. I think I'll solder in a compatible wire after finding that scotch 23 in a local hardware store. My home depot didn't have it. > BTW, are you near powerlines? Most places aren't but a few are. Yes There are overhead power lines. Why do you ask?
From: Elmo on 3 Feb 2010 01:12 On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:16:34 -0500, Michael A. Terrell wrote: > Direct burial telephone wire is solid, not stranded. > It is usually thinner, like 22 gauge as well. I wonder if it matters. What is the fundamental difference between how a solid wire acts versus multi-stranded wire in this type of low voltage (8-32v) and very low current (1.5ma) application?
From: mm on 3 Feb 2010 01:42
On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 06:10:23 +0000 (UTC), Elmo <dcdraftworks(a)Use-Author-Supplied-Address.invalid> wrote: >On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:01:38 -0600, Dean Hoffman wrote: > >>> I have to find the 4-wire multi-stranded shielded cable >>> >> The wire sounds like two pair direct burial phone line. We use it >> on irrigation systems. Have you tried the local telephone company? > >Interesting. I don't know if the local phone company sells to people, but I >can ask. They sold to our organization once. Those half-round plastic tubes (half-tubes) 8 feet long that they use. But we had a more comprehensive arrangement with them before hand. And we had to buy a box at a time, maybe 100 per box. Four conductor shielded wire shoudlnt' be easy to get. In addition, what I said in another post, if you have a half inch with no shielding, I doubt it matters. Or you can take 2 or 3 inches from your 100 foot piece, and remove the shielding from that and wrap it around the splice area. Soldering it at both ends would be optimal. But it's not like there will be big metal things running over the splice area inducing the gate to open. Even bicycles are less likely to ride on the lawn than on the driveway. |