I just switched to this. http://www.timesmicrowave.com/content/pr/wk-s.pdf's
Tom DeReggi wrote: > We use the 3M also. We have had some water intrusion issues, but... we have > almost always been able to attribute it to poor installation technique. > Taping is unforgiving. When done right, it protects for like eternity. When > its done poorly its lucky to last a year. > > Must use Mastic underneith, and UV on top. Must overlap 1/4" and position it > like a shingle, so water does not run into seam but away from it. The > underlayer must be stretched tight. Must extend tape to far edges w/ atleast > 1" on cable side. Must avoid creating air pockets. Must have tape layers > thick enough, atleast 1/8" deep or more. > > It also helps big time to use Scotch coat, as a third outer layer. We ahve > never had a a seal fail that we had used scotchcoat. We rarely use Scotch > coat anymore because its gooey and hard to work with to brush on. But its > worth using for critical back hauls that you never want to have to touch > again. > > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <o...@odessaoffice.com> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:14 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Times Microwave EZ connectors > > > >> Yeah, self vulcanizing rubber :-). >> >> I use this: >> http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/3MElectrical/Home/ProductsServices/Products/?PC_7_RJH9U5230GE3E02LECIE20OES1_nid=0L2RH0Z4C7beV8CW66MTMZgl >> >> A royal pain to take back apart. But if it is easy to get off it's not >> very good of a seal :-). >> marlon >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Travis Johnson >> To: WISPA General List >> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10:57 AM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Times Microwave EZ connectors >> >> >> I second this. We have used this for 5+ years now and haven't had a >> single water issue since we started using it. And it's cheap, and easy to >> work with in the summer heat and the winter cold. >> >> Travis >> >> >> Josh Luthman wrote: >> Best. Stuff. Ever. >> >> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002ZPINC/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00075J4J6&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0YKHJM87AJ2TBD52DRE2 >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." >> --- Albert Einstein >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Robert West >> <robert.w...@just-micro.com>wrote: >> >> Rubber tape rules on this end. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer >> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:50 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Times Microwave EZ connectors >> >> Heat shrink doesn't work in the cold. It will get hard (the glue) and as >> things move in the wind etc. it'll allow water in. Been there done that. >> >> NOTHING works better than self vulcanizing rubber tape. >> >> If what you use is easy to get off it's not a good tight seal. >> >> sigh >> >> It sure can't be that hard to build a connector that seals without the >> tape! >> >> sigh >> marlon >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "RickG" <rgunder...@gmail.com> >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 6:15 PM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Times Microwave EZ connectors >> >> >> Yes - hate the mess but seals the best! >> >> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 6:43 PM, <os10ru...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Coax-seal >> On Nov 19, 2009, at 6:42 PM, AJ wrote: >> >> CANUSA adhesive shrink tubing is your friend :) >> >> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:41 PM, <lakel...@gbcx.net> wrote: >> >> No 400 connector from any of the manufacturers is weatherproof by >> itself. >> You need to weatherproof all of your connections. If they are not >> getting >> wet you are lucky. 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