This is a little off the subject but more to do with water migration. Decades of working with coaxial cable on towers has taught me that a small cut out of the jacket at the bottom of a drop loop before entering a shelter or cabinet goes a long way to preventing water migration into connectors.
Water is a lot like electricity... Always seeking the path of least resistance. On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 8:06 PM Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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