On June 2, 2014 at 14:57, Ernie Gilman said...
The concept was pretty clearly implied though the word was not used, and Mario's interpretation of what was said as "hermetically sealed" pretty well matches up with the meaning.
I stand corrected on my use of terminology, it was not my intent to imply an air tight seal in any way.
The only hermetically sealed connector for cat I have heard of is gel filled. However, you make a good point about the black oxidized speaker wire and how resistive the oxidation is to conductivity. I think we have all seen this and it makes a pretty strong statement to how corrosive elements can creep up the end of an exposed copper wire, now yes cat 5 /6 is solid not stranded like the speaker wire, but you have to admit that with EZ connectors the bare end of the wire is right there outside the connector open to the environment.
