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Electrical Splices: Do-it-Yourself Electrical Repairs - Part 1

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Summary: Electrical Splices - Part 1 - Emergency electrical wiring repairs should be made using the right materials for your particular application. Here are a few choices to help you decide what you'll need.

Electrical wiring splice options when working with damaged buried electrical cables

Methods for repairing buried electrical wiring

Direct burial electrical wiring cables (UF - Underground Feeder Cable) and electrical conduits can become damaged from a variety of situations and reasons and will need to be repaired in a way that will be a safe and lasting repair.

The environmental moisture and possible natural occurring corrosive elements will require the right preparation and splice method.

Recently I made two splices and had to use different methods that I will cover below.



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The first repair required a direct burial splice so I chose the Scotch Cast Inline Resin Splice. I have used this kit several times for electrical and telephone cable repairs. A word of advice - choose the right size to allow enough room for your all of your electrical wire connectors to fit in the cast. If your cable is not long enough to allow for wire nuts, then use Butt-Splice Crimp Connectors, making sure that you are using the right size connector for the gauge of wire to be spliced, and make sure to crimp down tightly using the correct crimping pliers as shown below.

Tools for Electrical Repairs of Cables

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Methods for Electrical Repairs of Buried Cables

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The 3M Scotchcast Splice
The Scotchcast splice kit provides maximum protection for the electrical wiring repairs and moisture proof splice for direct burial electrical cable.

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The Ground Box Splice
This heat shrink method makes a good tightly fitted insulated covering that helps protects the wire splice in this access able ground box.

Accessible Junction Box and Crimp Sleeve Heat Shrink Splice
*Scotchcast is a trademark of the 3M Company
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