Cable entry glands

[Porthandbuoy]

What are people using to run 4mm solar panel wires through decks, coachroofs etc? There's a lot of choices out there and just wondered if anyones found something neat and low profile.

 

[PetiteFleur]

Index Marine supply pear shaped glands, able to take a pair of cables with rubber bushes for different cable diameters. Also single glands available. A big advantage is the cables lie parallel to the deck. Excellent glands in either black or white.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Index Marine supply pear shaped glands, able to take a pair of cables with rubber bushes for different cable diameters. Also single glands available. A big advantage is the cables lie parallel to the deck. Excellent glands in either black or white.

Absolutely perfect. Thanks.

 

[oilybilge]

I went with this one by Scanstrut because it's smaller than the Index one, albeit not so elegant.

They usually come with gaskets but it's worth bedding them down with Sikaflex instead

 

[mogmog2]

That's the index one

 

[Refueler]

I'm trying to solve a gland deck issue ... 5 different sized cables ..... B&G Network wind, VHF Coax, Anchor light, steaming light, common -ve.

Previous owner had a circular fitting in the deck at an angle and tried to seal cables with great gobs of silicon and then bound with tape .. but it always dripped ...
Yard is proposing to fit a backward curved pipe .....



The red / blue cap on it - is a cap from an anti-freeze can !! pushed on and taped as a temp measure during winter storage.