Its not even saltwater corrosion, its just plain SaltAIR corrosion. Using a punchblock anywhere is useless. use gelfilled "B" connectors for any possible splice- Then use heat shrinkable tubing over that & enclose it. Standard rj11s using the center pins also are not going to last long.............Jim
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris L Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 9:03 AM Subject: Re: KX-T: KX-TA308 marine installation > Saltwater corrosion. expect to see serious green goop in the jacks and > punch blocks as well as possdably inside the KSU, take spares for every > thing. > > > On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 12:34:28 +0000 "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I recently installesd a KX-TA308 on board a 74' motor yacht. > > > > CO1 is for connection to the land telephone system when the vessel > > is in harbour, CO2 is connected to a Telular SX4e GSM FWT and CO3 is > > hooked up to a KVH Tracphone Mini M satellite system. > > > > Extensions 1,2 and 3 have Panasonic KXTCD700 phones, extension 6 is > > hooked up to an Olivetti fax machine, and extension 5 is connected > > to a PC modem via COM1. > > > > The whole system worked fine until last week, when the owner of the > > boat called to say that extensions 2 and 3 were completely dead, > > extension 1 had an 'engaged' tone and fax reception was very > > erratic, though fax transmission was OK. > > > > Attempting to log on with the PC on extension 5 caused extension 1 > > to ring. > > > > There has been some work done on the boat recently, so I am aware of > > the possibility of shorting existing cables, or perhaps even water > > ingress via the shore telephone connection. > > > > I will probably have to go the south of France to sort it out, but > > was wondering if there might be any other reason for this failure? > > The 220V AC supply is good, as is the 12V DC backup. > > > > Any thoughts would be welcome-I would like to undertake my trip > > prepared for any eventuality! > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Mike Guezo > > > > > > ********************************************************* > > * To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > > * The KXT-Digest Home Page: http://kxthelp.com/ * > > ********************************************************* > > > > > All that is necessary for EVIL to triumph is for good people to do > NOTHING! > -Edmund Burke- > Chris Snyder KD4 OGD Cosby, Tn. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Stop the madness...vote LIBERTARIAN > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > > ********************************************************* > * To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > * The KXT-Digest Home Page: http://kxthelp.com/ * > ********************************************************* > ********************************************************* * To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * The KXT-Digest Home Page: http://kxthelp.com/ * *********************************************************
