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A water resistant and fire retardant container for releasably encapsulating an electrical connection includes a housing having an opening and a receiving chamber for receiving a wire nut having an electrical connection therein between contacting ends of electrical wires. The receiving chamber is pre-filled with water resistant sealing gel. An end cap is removably interlocked with a circular lip of the housing at the opening and includes a plurality of flexible segments extending from a perimeter opening within the end cap radially inward. The flexible segments are positioned common to a single plane and converge toward a common point to form a flexible, segmented cover over the housing opening. A locking ring is disposed within the receiving chamber below the end cap for allowing one-way passage of the wire nut therethrough. The wire nut is pushed through the flexible cover and further through the locking ring into the receiving chamber in a seated position between a bottom of the housing and the locking ring such that the sealing gel sealably covers the electrical connection within the wire nut. The container thereby forms a water resistant, fire retardant electrical connection.
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