It is cheap insurance.
I'd rather be overprotective than have an outage due to pride.
Nothing is perfect. I've got equipment that has been in the air since 2008
without so much as a hiccup. I've got a few customers that apparently every
time it rains they funnel it into their CPE.
Grease took care of the problem when nothing else did.
I also learned that the more expensive the ethernet was the less it sealed
with the grommets I use.
I also fill the RJ45 before putting the wire in it on some installs, not
all.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Prince via Af" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Dielectric grease on RJ45 for radios
Totally typical when your POP is at the top of a hill. Wind and rain do
not fall "down". So anything with a weep hole on the bottom becomes a
problem.
After replacing equipment and cables that got damaged a few times, we
started filling the RJ45s with DC4. It's been working well for several
years now.
Also not a bad idea to refresh the "fill" so to speak just before the
beginning of the rainy season.
bp
On 10/28/2014 1:00 PM, Jerry Richardson via Af wrote:
Couple of years ago I was on Diablo to replace some blown fuses and it
was
blowing uphill and collecting on th bottoms of the radios.
Good times...
-----Original Message-----
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Prince via Af
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 12:55 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Dielectric grease on RJ45 for radios
We do it on remote POPs because the wind and rain goes in weird
directions
out by the coast.
bp
On 10/28/2014 12:17 PM, Jerry Richardson (airCloud) via Af wrote:
Anyone doing this? Pros, cons?
