Mount a Cable with a Plug? - Page 1
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author: Lord of nothing
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2021, 07:01:09 pm
content: HiI got a special Cable with an USB (and other) Plug on both end who one end must be inside a Waterresistant Box to prevent small crawly Animal from shorting some bare PCB out and help to maintain a stable Climate during the Winter.So the USB Plug (and other) must fit truth the Hole and it must be Waterresistant close.Can I use such thinks:https://www.delock.de/produkte/G_2061_Kabelverschraubung.html?It seem the Plug and so on are a little narrow.Are there other Mounting solution without damage the Plug and Cable?Thanks

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2021, 07:26:00 pm
content: That’s called a “cable gland” in English by the way.So… you are asking how to get a cable through a cable gland without removing the connectors that are already mounted on the cable? Not gonna happen unless the connectors are only trivially thicker than the cable itself.I’m not aware of any cable glands that come apart into halves, but maybe it exists, or you could 3D print one, or turn one on a lathe, split it lengthwise, and use sealant to close the gaps.I just googled and they do exist. Search for “split cable gland”.Another option I can think of is to cut the cable apart and attach a weatherproof sealed connector to it, with the mating connector on your enclosure.

author: Lord of nothing
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2021, 09:47:35 pm
content: Sadly the Company not sell any Connector for the other Side.I hope the will make some other side soon to. USB is good but sometimes it sucks like now.I like to use Glasfiber Cable since the fit easy together.

author: langwadt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2021, 09:56:21 pm
content: Quote from: Lord of nothing on September 17, 2021, 07:01:09 pmuse one of those cable glands that big enough to fit the connector through, then wrap the wire in tape, round piece of rubber or similar so it gets big enough for the seal to tighten down on it

author: TimFox
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2021, 10:52:48 pm
content: Split cable glands used to be ubiquitous for permanently-affixed line cords.

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2021, 11:01:17 pm
content: You could make one easily enough by slicing through one side of a standard gland with a razor knife. Obviously it will require a gland nut large enough to pass the connector through.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2021, 04:38:31 pm
content: Quote from: Lord of nothing on September 17, 2021, 09:47:35 pmDid you miss that I gave you the search terms to find the exact thing you’re looking for, a cable gland that can go over a finished cable?I never said anything about acquiring theoriginalconnectors. I said an alternative to the cable glands is to cut the cable in half and use an external weatherproof connector.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2021, 04:39:25 pm
content: Quote from: TimFox on September 17, 2021, 10:52:48 pmSplit strain reliefs yes. But they’re not weatherproof as a cable gland is.

author: ajb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2021, 10:52:55 pm
content: Another option is to fit a waterproof USB connector on the box, they're a bit pricy but available in various configurations including panel pass-through (USB A on one side and B on the other) with matching cable connectors. I know Bulgin make some.