For direct burial, we either use the Superior Essex BBDGE, or some other gel filled cable inside PVC conduit. Although I do have some Belden in about 30 feet of PVC conduit buried in the gravel at a commercial tower from the tower to our cabinet. That was a mistake, water does get into the conduit, although it has not caused problems so far.
7919a doesn’t have dry powdery stuff inside, so maybe something different. I have found that if you do get water inside the Belden cable (like from a radio with water intrusion ... cough, cough, Powerbridges) it will go right down to the bottom inside that clear mylar. So while I don’t personally think the dry gel tape is nearly as effective as actual gel, it might help. From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 3:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] residential cable preferences i think its the 7919a, ill heve to check if i can find some of it stashed, it has powdery stuff, no wet gel and the shield was heavy you coule fold it back without worrying about it tearing, or twist it to put it into a gound, the braided drain would uncoil off the sheath if you didnt hold it with your thumb or tape it, but slipping the shielded connectors over it didnt tear the foil. You could trust it if it was buried, though i dont think it was rated for it, Ive never seen apex come out of the ground with a dry interior On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: Have you tried the Shireen DC-1042? It’s similar to Belden, but the foil isn’t bonded to the jacket so you can actually fold it back. It has the dry gel impregnated tape instead of the clear mylar in the Belden. Only thing I miss maybe is the stranded drain wire. I forget which Belden version has that, we used to buy both 1300a and 7919a, I think maybe it was the 7919a that had the stranded drain wire. The Shireen pullboxes work pretty nice. From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 2:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] residential cable preferences thats how the belden is, soft sheath is more durable. I love coming across it. the apex is prone to pinholing and kinking On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: I don’t buy Commscope 5NF4 anymore because the installers won’t use it because they hate the goo. They do have to admit however when they go to a 10 year old install that it stands up to the weather really, really well. From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 2:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] residential cable preferences if i was in charge, we never would have gone away from the belden on the residential outdoor. apex 9 in the winter is so stiff, the foil tears and the drain is like a bread tie. but at least its not green toughcable :-) On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Daniel White <[email protected]> wrote: Love you too Steve :-) We do sell Primus, Belden, and Shireen as well if you would rather use one of those cables. Daniel White Managing Director – Hardware Distribution Sales ConVergence Technologies Cell: +1 (303) 746-3590 [email protected] From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2016 11:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] residential cable preferences belden something or other was the greatest but these mopes here where i work like apex 9, I think its utter shit with its ultrathin foil and brittle copper On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:44 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> wrote: Shireen DC-1021 On 8/4/2016 11:08 PM, Jay Weekley wrote: I guess it's time for the regular survey on cable preferences for residential installs. Of course looking for shielded Cat5 and preferably pays out of a box. -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. Virus-free. www.avast.com -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
