From: peterwieck33@gmail.com   
      
   > Bits of melted tar maybe...    
      
   That was (is) a potting material commonly used 'back in the day' over taped   
   connectors. Now, my electrical experience 'in the field' goes back to 1972,   
   and the electrician I worked for had a metal pot with a screw-lid & brush cap   
   that he used when we ran    
   cables to stubs in a conduit where there might be water involved. The cables   
   would be bugged to the stubs, taped, then tarred, then taped again.    
      
   Peter Wieck   
   Melrose Park, PA   
      
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