I don't use silicone on anything, the enclosures have a bead of dielectric grease on the door seals to help keep rust from forming where the gasket meets the metal.
Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 1:47 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] new site install pictures THought was a surge suppressor. Nice install. Are you using silicone to seal besides the tape? We used silicone in our amateur stuff iat our FLorida repeater location and also at my house when I lived down there. Works good. Leon PS: The battery is there are a failover, I'm assuming you have AC power there? * Kurt Fankhauser wrote, On 8/10/2008 1:23 PM: > That's not a barrel connector it is a PolyPhaser surge surpressor. I've > never had an issue with water getting in a connector in 4 years of sealing > this way. We must have pretty mild weather or something. I do try to get the > tape all the way up to the antenna though but sometimes its tight and the > roll of tape won't make it but it turns out alright every time. > > Kurt Fankhauser > WAVELINC > P.O. Box 126 > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > 419-562-6405 > www.wavelinc.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Travis Johnson > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 12:30 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] new site install pictures > > Hi, > > Looks very nice... I did notice a couple things that we have seen in our > environment that may or may not be an issue. The first is the > weatherproof on the LMR jumper cables. We have found that we have to > seal all the way up against the plastic case on the antenna, otherwise > water will eventually penetrate into the seal. The other thing is using > an RJ45 barrel connector inside your outdoor box. We've had many of them > fail after a year or two (in our environment, it's probably due to the > large temperature swings in summer vs. winter. We see -30F in the winter > and up to 105F in the summer). > > Just some thoughts... take it for what it's worth... ;) > > Travis > Microserv > > Kurt Fankhauser wrote: > >> Hey guys I just got some pictures uploaded of one of my AP sites if you >> > want > >> to check it out. Hopefully someone starting out can benefit from it as >> > this > >> is 4 years of knowledge from being on the lists here and picking up on >> better ways of how to do installs. Got any questions just ask. I'd >> appreciate some comments as well. :) >> >> >> >> http://www.wavelinc.com/towers/DSGE_Tower/ >> >> >> >> >> >> Kurt Fankhauser >> WAVELINC >> P.O. Box 126 >> Bucyrus, OH 44820 >> 419-562-6405 >> www.wavelinc.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
