We used to put electrical tape under the mastic until we discovered fusion tape.
Rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 9:31 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far! I mastic and tape all of my connectors. There's no reason not to. I know I have never said "I wish I hadn't sealed these connectors that have been here for five years without getting water in them". I still love that the boot makes it easier to remove the cables once it has been sealed. Anyone who has ever sealed SMA connectors that don't have a boot and then down the road tried to remove them know that the mastic gets into every crack and thread and makes unscrewing it a total pain. On another note, Chuck's post makes me glad that all of my AF5Xs are going up on 30db & 34db dishes. On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Peter Kranz <pkr...@unwiredltd.com<mailto:pkr...@unwiredltd.com>> wrote: While it the connector itself may be IP67 complaint, I have seen several crimp jobs of the cable onto the connector where there were gaps that would allow water to penetrate down into the connector. If this particular GPS cable suffers from a poor crimp, the cup formed by the boot will cause premature failure. -PK
