Quotation console
2 wire connector waterproof fields on one comparison sheet
This page is the supplier-matching step for a sealed two-conductor joint. LinkScope Sourcing 41 does not stock housings. The console below is the set of cells every plant should fill before a unit price is read. A gel splice, a screw gland, and a heat-shrink boot can all be called waterproof in a catalog line. The sheet forces the seal method into its own cell.
Two wires, each stated in mm2 or AWG. Example cells: 2 x 0.75 mm2 stranded, or 2 x 18 AWG solid. Mixed sizes stay visible.
Gel, gasket, gland, or boot. Ingress protection code plus mated or unmated condition. IP67 in IEC 60529 means 1 m for 30 minutes only when the plant binds that test to this housing.
Current and voltage with ambient. A 10 A / 250 V cell is not interchangeable with a 16 A / 450 V cell. Contact resistance in milliohms, if cited, needs the measurement method.
Quantity, currency, per piece or whole order, Incoterm, freight, and requested timing for samples versus the production lot. US destination is a separate cell from the plant country.
Evidence ledger for the sealed joint
Background for a typical handoff: a tower crew needed a two-conductor splice on a drip loop outside a cabinet, with 2 x 1.5 mm2 stranded copper and a jacket near 6 mm. The process asked each plant to name the housing model, the gel or gland, the strip length, and whether the water test was done mated. The result was two replies that both printed IP67, one for a mated gland and one for an unmated gel cap, so the prices stayed in separate columns until the condition matched. No percentage was applied to either column.
- Identity. Manufacturer, model, and configuration. A family name such as 2 wire connector waterproof is the search phrase, not the model.
- Mechanical. Wire range, strip length, and whether a ferrule is required. Connector mating cycle counts apply only if the housing is meant to be opened and remade. A one-time gel splice should say so.
- Materials. Contact plating, housing polymer, and seal compound. Tin versus a stated gold thickness, such as 0.76 um, changes the durability question. The desk does not assay plating.
- Test basis. Ingress protection, temperature band such as -40 C to 85 C, and any salt or UV note the drawing actually contains. Calibration traceability is requested when a resistance number is used to accept the lot.
- Exclusions. Ties, heat-shrink, labels, and freight. A missing gland nut is an exclusion, not a rounding difference.
OEM geometry versus a second-source housing
One buying stance stays with the drawing that already names a housing, because the crew tool and the spare kit follow that geometry. The other stance accepts a second source when conductor range, seal condition, current, and voltage are written for the exact model and the host cable. A photo match is not that check. Compatible is a sourcing option only after those cells agree. The public FCC equipment-authorization rules, consulted as a question list on 2026-10-27, do not turn a passive splice into authorized radio equipment. If the housing contains electronics, that file is a separate question.
This copper splice is compared on conductor size, plating, and whether the joint is a power pair or an alarm pair. Mixing a different product family into the 2-wire cell makes the quotation impossible to compare. Impedance, insertion loss, return loss, and VSWR stay off this page unless the joint is a coaxial or high-speed pair rather than a power or alarm pair.
Compatibility questions for the waterproof pair
Can two plants quote different seal methods on one price column?
No. Gel, gland, and boot stay in separate columns. A buyer may accept more than one method, but only after each method has its own ingress protection condition and its own accessory list.
What if the wire is solid in one run and stranded in the next?
Write both. A clamp that lists 0.5 to 2.5 mm2 solid may reject 1.5 mm2 stranded, or the reverse. Ask the plant to mark the construction it priced.
Which costs sit outside the housing price?
Tooling, special strip length, extra gel packs, export packing, duties, and a site visit. Currency and the per-piece versus whole-order basis stay on the sheet. A target budget is optional and is not a price from this desk.
Where do the inquiry labels live?
The inquiry rows are names you can drop into the form. They are not inventory. The written sheet still goes through the RFQ page.
Describe the 2-wire bill in the requirement box
There is no file upload. Type the conductor pair, seal method, quantity, US destination, and requested timing. Mention drawing numbers in the text. Plants are asked to answer those cells. This desk is an independent sourcing partner, not the manufacturer of the housing.