Waterproof Splices: Adding Value and Protecting a Low Voltage Investment

By: Greta Fraunholtz, King Innovation

 

The DryConn DBSR eliminates multi-step products like tape, mastics and epoxy packs, by inserting the pre-stripped wires into the connector, twisting until tight, and snapping the lid shut.

Since the advent of low voltage lighting in the 1950s, the landscape lighting industry has evolved into one of the most lucrative opportunities contractors can explore. As a value-added beautification service that usually complements a well-manicured lawn, industry professionals need to understand the importance behind safeguarding a low voltage system for the long-term.

Protecting an entire lighting system from deterioration is the goal of a contractor. This is especially true when end-users see the cost for an installation. So how can installers add value and protect a low voltage lighting investment? The solution is waterproof splicing.

Preventing Voltage Loss

Without waterproof splices, low voltage lighting systems will develop low-grade shorts and experience voltage loss. This is the last situation a contractor wants. A lighting system that fails is useless, and explaining how it happened to a customer during a service call can be embarrassing.

Waterproofing connections during an installation will not only preserve the quality of your connections but also preserve your reputation as an installer.

Stress on wires and connections are relieved with this waterproof connector.

When investing in a low voltage lighting system a contractor?EUR??,,????'???s objective is to install a system that is low-maintenance, requiring minimal service calls. By not taking steps to waterproof, moisture will enter the connector and begin to corrode the connection. Corrosion will affect the integrity of the splice, eventually creating deterioration that will compromise the entire system.?EUR??,,????'??

When properly installing waterproofing splices you will prevent corrosion and light failure down the road and will help customers enjoy their lights longer.

Strain Relief

Another major issue for lighting installation for contractors is strain relief. There are some products available such as the DryConn DBSR that are made to help with strain relief and are designed specifically for low voltage lighting and outdoor/irrigation applications.

Consumers can appreciate lighting because it adds to the beauty of their garden, enhancing the usability and increasing the value of their landscape. But only contractors can appreciate the quality of a waterproof connection, especially when it is their reputation on the line. The value added during an installation project and passed on to a homeowner, will only further the belief that landscaping and low voltage lighting is truly investing in a home. Waterproofing your splices is the first step in protecting such an investment.

Designed for low voltage lighting, these waterproof connectors protect splices from the elements.

Illuminating Info

6 to 10: Feet, the space usually seen between pathway lights.

1: Watt for every 10 feet in the total length of the run of lights, an equation used in combination with the cumulative wattage of lights when determining the proper transformer capacity for a low voltage lighting project.

Source: backyardcity.com