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Offline Lord of nothingTopic starter

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Mount a Cable with a Plug?
« on: September 17, 2021, 07:01:09 pm »
Hi
I 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
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Offline tooki

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Re: Mount a Cable with a Plug?
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2021, 07:26:00 pm »
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.
 

Offline Lord of nothingTopic starter

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Re: Mount a Cable with a Plug?
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2021, 09:47:35 pm »
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.  :=\
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Re: Mount a Cable with a Plug?
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2021, 09:56:21 pm »
Hi
I 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

use 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 


 

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Re: Mount a Cable with a Plug?
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2021, 10:52:48 pm »
Split cable glands used to be ubiquitous for permanently-affixed line cords.
 

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Re: Mount a Cable with a Plug?
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2021, 11:01:17 pm »
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.
 

Offline tooki

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Re: Mount a Cable with a Plug?
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2021, 04:38:31 pm »
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.  :=\
Did 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 the original connectors. I said an alternative to the cable glands is to cut the cable in half and use an external weatherproof connector.
 

Offline tooki

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Re: Mount a Cable with a Plug?
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2021, 04:39:25 pm »
Split cable glands used to be ubiquitous for permanently-affixed line cords.
Split strain reliefs yes. But they’re not weatherproof as a cable gland is.
 

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Re: Mount a Cable with a Plug?
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2021, 10:52:55 pm »
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.
 


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