Kind of a cool technology -- they bombard the outside of the tube with an electron beam that cross-links the polymer but leaves the inside untouched. The outside becomes hard but still shrinks. The inside just melts into a goo when heated.
Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Gottlieb > Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 15:24 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Connectors > > Think of heat shrink with a layer of hot melt glue on the > inside. Such stuff is > used in most outdoor and especially underground utility > wiring. Shrink the > tubing and it melts the glue and the contracting tubing > forces the glue into > every crevice making a great waterproof splice. > > > On 4/13/2013 5:07 PM, Hal Murray wrote: > >> Can someone in the know clarify this? > > I'm not in the know. > > > > Several years ago, I found a short chunk of coax that the > cable TV guys had > > left on the ground. It included a piece of heavy wall > shrink tubing. There > > was a layer of sticky goop between the coax and the shrink tubing. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
