A small rectangular shape cut from the bottom of the drop loop is what I spaced. On May 10, 2015 1:23 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < [email protected]> wrote:
> I'm about ready to specifically exclude water damage from what we will > honor a warranty on. Lightning I want to see because it is useful to see > the failure mode so I can improve lightning resistance in successive > versions. > > Not much I can do design wise to prevent water related corrosion. It's > pretty obvious when water causes the damage. My favorite one was the > syncinjector which came back with water rings on the inside and outside of > the case where you could see that the bottom of the unit has been > underwater several times. Obviously had been in the bottom of a enclosure > which filled with water numerous times. > > My recommendation is going to be to cut a hole in the bottom of the drip > loop to permit the water to drain out. Several customers I've talked to > are doing that with great success. > On May 10, 2015 8:22 AM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Maybe strip back the cable a bunch so the water has a chance to >> escape. Or make a ring cut on the jacket where the cable is at a low point. >> >> *From:* Mike Hammett <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sunday, May 10, 2015 8:20 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] APC-DIN Mount >> >> A drip loop doesn't help when the water is on the inside. You've got >> however high up it is to the nick in the cable's worth of head pressure. >> Could have been poor installation, could be birds, squirrels, etc. If you >> get water in, it'll come out the end. >> >> I've met up to three squirrels on the way up the grain leg. That's always >> a pleasant feeling when you're ascending and you find a little brown fluffy >> critter.... and then another... and then another. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> >> Midwest Internet Exchange >> http://www.midwest-ix.com >> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> >> *To: *[email protected] >> *Sent: *Sunday, May 10, 2015 9:14:54 AM >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] APC-DIN Mount >> >> We just buy APC PRM4s and put a nice metal din rail mount on the back. >> It is screwed on. You could un screw it and mount it elsewhere. >> >> I presume you have good drip loops that keep water from following the >> cables to the surge suppressors. >> >> *From:* Mike Hammett <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sunday, May 10, 2015 7:45 AM >> *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] APC-DIN Mount >> >> It's hard to tell from the picture. Must the chassis be mounted to the >> DIN rail via the back of the chassis or can the mount be relocated to the >> top\bottom? I assume it can't be moved, but I'd like to mount it so that >> the ports of the surge suppressors are pointing down. Should any water >> enter the cable, gravity would take it back out of the connector, down the >> side of the cable instead out the back of the connector, down onto the next >> surge suppressor below it. I could just put a DIN rail at the top of the >> box, but just wondering if I could just use the same rail I'm using for >> everything else. >> >> No, it's not green cable and there shouldn't be any wear points, so I'm >> not really sure how it's getting in. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> >> Midwest Internet Exchange >> http://www.midwest-ix.com >> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> >> >
