On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 07:36:01 +0100, "Ian White, G3SEK"
wrote:

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.

A gland is a term for a liquid-tight seal on a moving/rotating shaft
in some industries here. Probably does go back to steam engines.

Some similar things might be called "explosion proof". This doesn't
mean it will be untouched in an explosion, but that flammable gases
won't get into the earea where sparks could happen in a switch or
other electrical device inside the enclosure.

Look to an industrial electrical supplier, not a residential-oriented
one.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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