I use it first then cover the whole thing with 33+ vinyl tape. Never had one leak. marlon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Ihnen" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 4:01 PM 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/
