We use the Shireen stuff. I'd rate the dry gel tape as good not great. It's certainly better than the Belden we used to use, which has a cellophane like wrap that seems to guide the water all the way to the RJ45 at the bottom.
The tape gets soggy, it doesn't turn into water blocking gel like in a gel filled cable. I'm not sure how I feel about some soggy tape inside the cable 100 feet up, but I don't think I've experienced drops of water coming out the bottom of any of the Shireen cable. You absolutely do want to tape or otherwise weatherproof the ends of any spare cables though, or they will absorb water and you'll have to cut off several feet if you ever want to terminate and use them. -----Original Message----- From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Matt Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 4:16 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Cat5 Water Blocking Dry Tape Has anyone used shielded cat5 up tower with water blocking dry tape? Does it work very well in case of water intrusion? Once in rare while we will get a run with water in it. I always think when it happens someone did something wrong on install but a real pain when it happens. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
