I've been able to find it at Home Depot lately. Stay away from that "generic" house brand stuff though. I tried the "Rubber Splicing Tape" from Ace Hardware this past summer cause I was "tapeless" and sure, it worked okay then but I went back a few weeks ago and the stuff is all falling apart. Looked like it was 5 years old. Yuck! Doesn't like the weather. I've seen some "top coat" it with some regular electrical tape but I've never had to do that with the Scotch brand. Holds up.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:14 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Times Microwave EZ connectors Yeah, self vulcanizing rubber :-). I use this: http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/3MElectrical/Home/ProductsServic es/Products/?PC_7_RJH9U5230GE3E02LECIE20OES1_nid=0L2RH0Z4C7beV8CW66MTMZgl A royal pain to take back apart. But if it is easy to get off it's not very good of a seal :-). marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: Travis Johnson To: WISPA General List Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Times Microwave EZ connectors I second this. We have used this for 5+ years now and haven't had a single water issue since we started using it. And it's cheap, and easy to work with in the summer heat and the winter cold. Travis Josh Luthman wrote: Best. Stuff. Ever. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002ZPINC/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=48 6539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00075J4J6&pf_rd_m=ATVP DKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0YKHJM87AJ2TBD52DRE2 Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." --- Albert Einstein On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Robert West <[email protected]>wrote: Rubber tape rules on this end. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:50 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Times Microwave EZ connectors Heat shrink doesn't work in the cold. It will get hard (the glue) and as things move in the wind etc. it'll allow water in. Been there done that. NOTHING works better than self vulcanizing rubber tape. If what you use is easy to get off it's not a good tight seal. sigh It sure can't be that hard to build a connector that seals without the tape! sigh marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "RickG" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Times Microwave EZ connectors Yes - hate the mess but seals the best! On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 6:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: Coax-seal On Nov 19, 2009, at 6:42 PM, AJ wrote: CANUSA adhesive shrink tubing is your friend :) On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:41 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: No 400 connector from any of the manufacturers is weatherproof by itself. You need to weatherproof all of your connections. If they are not getting wet you are lucky. Plain and simple. Bob Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "MDK" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:20:52 To: WISPA General List<[email protected]> Subject: [WISPA] Times Microwave EZ connectors I've run out of these, and none of the vendors I use commonly carry them. Anyone out west have these? Yeah, I know, it costs more to buy two of these than a whole pre-built 10 foot cable, but every danged pre-built I buy has water issues. We have never had to seal any of the cables we built ourselves, and none of them have ever leaked (except when someone who'll forever remain nameless forgot to tighten the cable...), but I have no luck at all with the pre-made I've bought from multiple places. Our temporary site needed to go up in a real hurry, so I bought a whole pile of parts and cables, and most of them have had issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! 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