Stay away from the rubber tape they sell at Ace Hardware, though. The ACE brand sucks. If not wrapped with electrical tape it absolutely falls apart after a month or so in the sun. The UV totally kills it. I've had plenty of the Scotch brand self vulcanizing tape unprotected for years and it weathers just fine.
Bob- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 11:53 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Moisture Abatement Techniques YES!!! This is how I seal connections, has never failed yet! 1. Tape a layer of Super-33 from the bottom up. Just one layer. 2. Put on a layer of the rubber tape from the bottom up. Just one layer. 3. Tape another layer up with the Super-33 again. From the bottom up as well. Just one layer. This system has worked great for 5 years and all my connections have always been bone dry when taken apart with a utility knife. One thing I can tell you is it better be bone dry when you put this together cause if its not then you just trapped the water in cause nothing is getting in or out. I get the rubber tape at True Value hardware stores. Its less then $4 and does not leave a sticky mess when removed. It has a blue layer between itself on the role so the rubber does not stick together. Its always in the same area as the electrical tape and electrical supplies. I guess its used widely by electricians. I showed a Two Way Radio technician that has 30+ years experience in RF my method and he was very impressed. Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Ihnen Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 7:01 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Moisture Abatement Techniques Does anyone like the pure rubber self vulcanizing tape over the vinyl tape? I like how that doesn't come loose over time. Greg On Mar 1, 2010, at 1:29 PM, Jerry Richardson wrote: > NS2's and other outdoor radios can take care of themselves. I add a little seal around the cable exit on the bottom of the cover. The bullets make me a little nervous - I don't trust the grommet that comes with them - a little sealer on the back at the cable exit is a good idea. > > This is how I was taught for RF connectors > > 3 layer process: > Layer 1 - 3M Super33 or Super88 electrical tape over the entire connection extending 2" past the shrink wrap at both ends > Layer 2 - 3M Mastic 2229 over the electrical tape - squeeze repeatedly to conform all of the seams to one contiguous seal > Layer 3 - 3M Super33 or Super88 over the Mastic - this is to keep the mastic in place and for UV protection > > http://picasaweb.google.com/aircloud.com/AntennaCoaxSeal# > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Israel Lopez-LISTS > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:46 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Moisture Abatement Techniques > > Hey All, > > So how do you guys avoid getting water/moisture in your gear? > > I'm going to be standing up a 9 end-point network, with some Ubiquiti > (Bullet2, Nanostation) gear, Directional & H-Pol Omni antennas, > Polyphasers, Ethernet Lightning Arrestors, etc,. I'm not going to be > able to travel to the site again in at least a year; its a rainy part of > the world, so I'd like to prevent any damage to the gear as much as > possible. > > Anything I should do to prevent moisture from getting into the gear? Or > other protective measures... Teflon on the coax connectors, Electrical > Tape on the Edges of the gear? If there was a place I could see some > pictures of the implementations that would be good too. > > -Israel > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
