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Old 03-14-07 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Zero_Enigma
The rocket cage looks niiiice. Jsut a suggestion to improve here. Where you cut the opening for the wires to come out, why not line the edge with silicone or crazy glue a rubber edge liner then thicken the batter cable by wrapping a few layers of heat shrink or electircal tape (E-tape) and then push that part of the cable that you wrapped to make thicker into the silicone/rubber lined edge and you have a nice water resistance seal for when the weather gets wet.


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It's not really needed for my area...we just don't get that much wet weather. If I lived in the Pacific Northwest, I'd probably use a threaded cable fitting. The Dean connectors are also pretty weather resistant on their own, by the way.
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