TL;DR
A tree-mount junction is the weatherproof splice point fastened to a tree trunk or major limb in landscape lighting systems, where the buried feed cable transitions to the leads serving downlights mounted in the canopy. Good practice uses stainless or coated fasteners the tree can compartmentalize around, gel-filled or potted connectors, and generous service loops of slack cable so years of trunk growth do not stretch the splice apart.
What it means
A tree-mount junction is the weatherproof splice point fastened to a tree trunk or major limb in landscape lighting systems, where the buried feed cable transitions to the leads serving downlights mounted in the canopy. Good practice uses stainless or coated fasteners the tree can compartmentalize around, gel-filled or potted connectors, and generous service loops of slack cable so years of trunk growth do not stretch the splice apart. It is the maintenance point techs revisit when moonlighting fixtures flicker, since growth and squirrel damage concentrate failures here.
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