I agree. We've been using the shireen stuff on towers for awhile. If there's a bad enough leak, it will eventually make it to the bottom, but it's definitely better than nothing.
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 4:51 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > 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 >
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