Know what never leaks? Bbdge On Jan 27, 2016 8:20 PM, "George Skorup" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yeah. If I wasn't clear before, I'm talking about the Primus > double-jacketed stuff that's a regular unshielded cat5e wrapped in foil and > another jacket over that. Total garbage. Erich is correct, not even a year > and it leaks. We re-cabled an entire tower (about 14 runs) and ALL of them > leaked. We used good TnB Ty-raps. And I'm sure Erich used his standard > extra wide tape method. So it wasn't the ties being too tight. > > Just my opinion. Use it if you want. > > On 1/27/2016 7:18 PM, Erich Kaiser wrote: > > That Primus double jacket is crap(Leaks within first year of use), use > single jacket, have not had an issue with it yet. Use this > C5CMXT-2152BKWS > > > Erich Kaiser > North Central Tower > [email protected] > Office: 630-621-4804 > Cell: 630-777-9291 > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 5:03 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> wrote: > >> All of that shit we used ended up leaking. Never again. >> >> On 1/27/2016 4:47 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >> >>> We use the 414 for customer installs but do not like the 416, foil seems >>> thin and don't like the double jacket. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Burgess >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 4:34 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tower Cabling >>> >>> We only use >>> http://www.linktechs.net/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=191&idcategory=0 >>> anymore. Towers, clients, and even in office :) >>> >>> Dennis Burgess, CTO, Link Technologies, Inc. >>> [email protected] – 314-735-0270 x103 – www.linktechs.net >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gilbert T. >>> Gutierrez, Jr. >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 12:22 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [AFMUG] Tower Cabling >>> >>> What cable do most use for tower installations? >>> >>> I am about to install at some new tower sites and wanted to see if >>> anyone has had extended success with anything. The current cable I use is >>> Superior Essex BBDGe which is a flooded cable with a corrugated copper >>> shield. This cable is very thick and bulky and works well on AM tower when >>> I install on those. >>> >>> I saw that Ubiquiti has something that they call TC-CARRIER that looks >>> like it could meet my needs though I do not know how stable the sheathing >>> is in the sunlight. I was looking at moving to Cat 6 though I have never >>> come across Cat 6 tower cable. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. >>> Phoenix Internet >>> >>> >> > >
