How to waterproof low voltage wire nuts outside

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   using waterproof wire nuts containing dielectric grease
2. 2
   wrapping the connections in electrical tape
3. 3
   splicing a longer bit of wire to keep the wire nuts inside the unit
4. 4
   calling the installer back to redo or run a longer wire
5. 5
   Using solder and heat shrink tubing
6. 6
   Using aftermarket waterproof enclosures or housings that fit connectors
7. 7
   Using Wago's proprietary gel boxes

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.