Contact splice

1. An assembly to splice two contacts of a cable, the assembly comprising:

a first sealing boot configured to slide onto the cable and form a seal to the cable;

a second sealing boot configured to slide onto the cable and form a seal to the cable;

a pin contact, wherein the pin contact includes a first side and a second side, the first side of the pin contact configured to receive wires from the cable and the second side of the pin contact configured to mate with a socket contact within a housing;

the socket contact, wherein the socket contact includes a first side and a second side, the first side of the socket contact configured to receive wires from the cable and the second side of the socket contact configured to mate with the pin contact within the housing; and

the housing, wherein the housing has a tube shaped body with a first end and a second end, the housing includes a pin contact alignment mark, a socket contact alignment mark, a grommet at the first end, and a grommet at the second end, and each grommet is configured to form a seal to the first sealing boot or the second sealing boot.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first sealing boot is configured to form a waterproof seal to the cable, the second sealing boot is configured to form a waterproof seal to the cable, and each grommet is configured to form a waterproof seal to the first sealing boot or the second sealing boot.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the grommets are a fluorosilicone blend.

4. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the pin contact includes an alignment key and the socket contact includes an alignment key.

5. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes contact clips to secure the pin contact and the socket contact within the housing.

6. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the pin contact includes an alignment key, the socket contact includes an alignment key, and the housing includes contact clips to secure the pin contact and the socket contact within the housing.

7. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the grommets are a fluorosilicone blend, each grommet is configured to form a waterproof seal to the first sealing boot or the second sealing boot, the first sealing boot is configured to form a waterproof seal to the cable, the second sealing boot is configured to form a waterproof seal to the cable, the pin contact includes an alignment key, the socket contact includes an alignment key, the housing includes contact clips to secure the pin contact and the socket contact within the housing, and the cable is size 8.

8. A contact splice, the contact splice comprising:

a first end of a cable;

a second end of a cable;

a first sealing boot with a first end and a second end, the first end of the first sealing boot forms a seal to the first end of the cable, the second end of the first sealing boot surrounds a first side of a pin contact;

a second sealing boot with a first end and a second end, the first end of the second sealing boot forms a seal to the second end of the cable, the second end of the second sealing boot surrounds a first side of a socket contact;

the pin contact, wherein the first side of the pin contact is crimped to wires from the first end of the cable, and a second side of the pin contact is mated to a second side of the socket contact;

the socket contact, wherein the first side of the socket contact is crimped to wires from the second end of the cable and the second side of the socket contact is mated to the second side of the pin contact; and

a housing, wherein the housing has a tube shaped body with a first end and a second end, the housing includes a pin contact alignment mark, a socket contact alignment mark, a grommet at the first end, and a grommet at the second end, the grommet at the first end forms a seal to the first sealing boot, the grommet at the second end forms a seal to the second sealing boot, and the second end of the pin contact and second end of the socket contact are connected within the housing.

9. The splice of claim 8 , wherein the first sealing boot forms a waterproof seal to the cable, the second sealing boot forms a waterproof seal to the cable, the grommet at the first end forms a waterproof seal to the first sealing boot, and the grommet at the second end forms a waterproof seal to the second sealing boot.

10. The splice of claim 8 , wherein the grommets are a fluorosilicone blend.

11. The splice of claim 8 , wherein the pin contact includes an alignment key and the socket contact includes an alignment key.

12. The splice of claim 8 , wherein the housing includes contact clips to secure the pin contact and the socket contact within the housing.

13. The splice of claim 8 , wherein the grommets are a fluorosilicone blend, the grommet at the first end forms a waterproof seal to the first sealing boot, and the grommet at the second end forms a waterproof seal to the second sealing boot, the first sealing boot forms a waterproof seal to the cable, the second sealing boot forms a waterproof seal to the cable, the pin contact includes an alignment key, the socket contact includes an alignment key, the housing includes contact clips to secure the pin contact and the socket contact within the housing, and the cable is size 8.

14. A method to splice a first cable to a second cable, the method comprising:

sliding a first end of a first sealing boot over the first cable, wherein the first end of the first sealing boot forms a seal to the first cable and a portion of the first cable is passed through the first sealing boot;

sliding a first end of a second sealing boot over the second cable, wherein the first end of the second sealing boot forms a seal to the second end of the cable and a portion of the second end of the cable is passed through the second sealing boot;

crimping wires from the portion of the first cable passed through the first sealing boot to a first side of a pin contact;

crimping wires from the portion of the second cable passed through the second sealing boot to a first side of a socket contact;

surrounding at least a portion of the first side of the pin contact with a second end of the first sealing boot;

surrounding at least a portion of the first side of the socket contact with a second end of the second sealing boot;

inserting a second side of the pin contact into a first end of a housing by aligning a pin alignment key on the second side of the pin contact with a first alignment mark on the first end of the housing;

inserting a second side of the socket contact into a second end of the housing by aligning a socket alignment key on the second side of the socket contact with a second alignment mark on the second end of the housing; and

connecting the second side of the pin contact to the second side of the socket contact

within the housing, wherein the housing has a tube shaped body, the first end of the housing forms a seal to the first sealing boot and the second end of the housing forms a seal to the second sealing boot.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein inserting the second side of the pin contact into the first end of the housing and inserting the second side of the socket contact into the second end of the housing further comprises:

inserting the second side of the pin contact into the first end of the housing with the pin alignment key aligned with the first alignment mark; and

inserting the second side of the socket contact into the second end of the housing with the socket alignment key aligned with the second alignment mark.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first sealing boot forms a waterproof seal to the cable, the second sealing boot forms a waterproof seal to the cable, the housing includes a grommet at the first end and a grommet at the second end, the grommet at the first end forms a waterproof seal to the first sealing boot, and the grommet at the second end forms a waterproof seal to the second sealing boot.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the grommets are a fluorosilicone blend.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the housing includes contact clips to secure the pin contact and the socket contact within the housing.