Michael A. Terrell wrote:

That looks like a common "liquid tight" bushing used to run a
flexible cable from an outdoor electrical box to a piece of machinery,
or an outdoor light using SJ or SJ-T type rubber jacketed cable. They
are available in plastic or machined aluminum from most electrical
distributors.

I knew they had to exist in the USA, because the same thing needs to be
done wherever in the world you go.

So UK "cable gland" = US "liquid tight cable bushing"?

As a final check, do the people behind the counter in the electrical
distributors speak the same language?

Please don't ask why they're called "glands" over here. I believe it's
an old steam-age term for a part that looks rather similar... but it
still doesn't say much for those old-time engineers' knowledge of
anatomy.


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Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek