Electric Rain said:
Yeah, me too. I had to have a phone line running along the side of my house to get a line to my computer modem. No cords were long enough. Even one I made. So I had to use the standard RJ-11 couplers for it. And no matter how much duct tape and electric tape I put on it, the thing was still rusting. :lol:
You need to use the right tool for the job, neither electrical tape or duct tape are designed for water proofing.
What you need is "self amalgamating tape", it's not sticky, but you stretch it tight around the joint and it bonds to itself - creating a single piece of rubber around the joint. Because it's under tension (due to the stretching) it makes a really nice watertight seal on the wires.
It's commonly used for sealing satellite dish connections - I've replaced 10 year old LNB's, cutting the tape off with a knife, and it's absolutely brand new underneath.