Evening all..
I have 3 pillar lights that are situated along a customers driveway, perhaps 25m long. They are on the grass with a small amount of concrete underneath. They are full of crap and muck where the ants get in and make there nests. There is not enough room under this light to get an IP box into it and the ants just keep coming back again and again as soon as the ant killer disappears.
There is only a small amount of cable to play with. It's SWA so has not been terminated properly.
I have managed to get a line enclosure to fit underneath and taped the joints up as much as possible but the IR results have again become bad.
This has been going on for the past 2 years. I have now advised the customer to get them completely changed as it will be cheaper for him to do this than pay me every few months to come and clean out the muck.
Any ideas on how to make this joint at least IPx4?
Personally I think I am going to have to suggest new cable, properly terminated in a decent underground box with magic gell or above in adaptable box? But, I then still need to get the termination joint under the pillar completely ant proof and it is a very small area???
Cheers.
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I have 3 pillar lights that are situated along a customers driveway, perhaps 25m long. They are on the grass with a small amount of concrete underneath. They are full of crap and muck where the ants get in and make there nests. There is not enough room under this light to get an IP box into it and the ants just keep coming back again and again as soon as the ant killer disappears.
There is only a small amount of cable to play with. It's SWA so has not been terminated properly.
I have managed to get a line enclosure to fit underneath and taped the joints up as much as possible but the IR results have again become bad.
This has been going on for the past 2 years. I have now advised the customer to get them completely changed as it will be cheaper for him to do this than pay me every few months to come and clean out the muck.
Any ideas on how to make this joint at least IPx4?
Personally I think I am going to have to suggest new cable, properly terminated in a decent underground box with magic gell or above in adaptable box? But, I then still need to get the termination joint under the pillar completely ant proof and it is a very small area???
Cheers.
