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[Ed Hall]

Seen while vacationing on the gulf coast of Florida at a cove side restaurant and bar. I don’t know what the local code is. I guess it different here than at home.

Yes, I got yelled at for noticing.

[Luke Geis]

Wife didn't like you bringing work with you on vacation eh

[Stephen Kirby]

Is that the new power con? 

[Nathan Riddle]

Gulf coast, where at? That's my neck of the woods

Exposed wiring for overhead bulb string lights is completely to code around these parts

This blue connector thingy-ma-jiggy sounds (punny) good to me!

[Ed Hall]

Is that the new power con? 

Yes it is, but wire nut to romex is a new connection method, to me at least.

Nathan, we’re in Sarasota until Tuesday.

[Jeff Bankston]

Maybe its juan uh dees


http://www.kinginnovation.com/category-pages/products/dryconn-direct-bury-connectors.php

[Benjamin Gingerich]

Yes it is, but wire nut to romex is a new connection method, to me at least.

Nathan, we’re in Sarasota until Tuesday.

That seems about right for that area.  At least it's not lamp cable. 😆
"Shameless plug" Best food in town is Sommers restaurant on Bee Ridge and Cattleman.

[Art Nadelman]

Nathan, we’re in Sarasota until Tuesday.

Now you're in MY neck of the woods.  And this is how we've always done it 'round these parts.

Art

[Chris Hindle]

Maybe its juan uh dees


http://www.kinginnovation.com/category-pages/products/dryconn-direct-bury-connectors.php

Direct Bury wire Nuts ?
Wow.
Maybe good in a desert, but the ground in these parts can be rather "moist"
20 years ago I pounded an antenna ground rod below the surface. At the connector I slathered it with silicon grease, and capped it off  with a cut down plastic container (roughly 3"dia by 6" long), also loaded up with the same grease.
Took down the mast a couple of years ago. Dug up the connection, and undid the clamp with a quick twist of a screw driver.
Looked like it had been installed the week before.
The rod, below the "cover" was pretty chewed up.
I wouldn't "direct bury" anything up here that wasn't protected somehow.
Plastic conduit comes to mind.......
Chris.

[Nathan Riddle]

Nathan, we’re in Sarasota until Tuesday.

Ahh yeah you're in South FL. Other PSW members down there though

I'm so used to only our area being called the "Gulf Coast"

[Ed Hall]

I'm so used to only our area being called the "Gulf Coast"

I’m from the Philly Metro area, what do I know?

[Jonathan Johnson]

20 years ago I pounded an antenna ground rod below the surface. At the connector I slathered it with silicon grease, and capped it off  with a cut down plastic container (roughly 3"dia by 6" long), also loaded up with the same grease.
Took down the mast a couple of years ago. Dug up the connection, and undid the clamp with a quick twist of a screw driver.
Looked like it had been installed the week before.
The rod, below the "cover" was pretty chewed up.

The obvious solution is to cover the entire rod with silicone 

[Chris Hindle]

The obvious solution is to cover the entire rod with silicone 

Ya, an insulator on a ground rod.
Why didn't I think of that..
Chris.

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