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**Dave Sutton** · 27th September 2006, 00:22

The cable will take the potting compound by "wicking" like a candle, exactly like you use the word "drinking". Yes, it will do this reliably if you use the correct potting compound.

I do not test them, as (1): I already use cable that has a solid core and (2) they don't 'seem' to leak, and my guess is that if the *do* leak the rate is so slow as to make it unimportant. It's important to use a cable that is manufactured with the individual wires embedded in a material of some sort, not loose in the outer sheath. This way you are just sealing the end, not trying to make a plug on the end of a cable that is essentially a hollow tube with some wires threaded thru it. Those types are impossible to seal.

Dave Sutton

27th September 2006, 00:22	#8 (permalink)
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