There is also some nifty stuff that is a plain tape that melts at a
temperature lower than that required to shrink heat shrink. You wrap the
joint in this tape (which has no adhesive), slide the heatshrink over it,
shrink it with the heat gun... The stuff inside melts and the shrinking
outer sleeve forces it into all the nooks and crannies. I don't recall who
makes it off hand.
Amazing stuff, we used to use it to instantly fix leaky pipe fittings, for
instance.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Miller" <ac5tm@bellsouth.net>
To: <eric@k3na.org>; "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>; "Jim Lux"
<jimlux@earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] telephone company non-sticky semi-solid stuff
> There are 3M splice kits for large wire(hooking up motors)(might also come
> in smaller sizes too just have not seen them yet) that use this stuff. No
> more layers of tape for LV applications. Just bolt the wires together and
> stick into the formed plastic tube and click the retaining clip and your
> done. M2'd uses this stuff in the VHF/UHF antennas in the matching block.
>
> Neat stuff.
>
> Tom AC5TM
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
> To: <eric@k3na.org>; "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 10:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] telephone company non-sticky semi-solid stuff
>
>
> > I would guess some form of silicone gel. As you probably know, silicones
> > are available in a bewildering variety of forms, viscosities,
> stickynesses,
> > etc. When wires were pulled out, did any adhere to the wire?
> >
> > The other possibility is something like petroleum jelly (aka "grease")
> >
> >
> > You might want to look at the 3M web site (http://www.3m.com/)...
> >
> > There are interesting things like Scotchcast 2112 Re-enterable
Electrical
> > Insulating Resin. This is a two part resin that cures soft, and can be
> > peeled back.
> >
> > At 04:30 PM 5/22/2003 -0400, Eric Scace K3NA wrote:
> > > I moved recently to Boston. When working with the telephone
company
> > > engineers to install my phone service, I noticed that my
> > >network interface unit contained an unusual, non-sticky, clear,
> semi-solid
> > >material ("UNSCSSM"). The striped, bare ends of the
> > >copper wires were inserted into this material, which surrounded the
screw
> > >clamps used to connect the wiring together.
> > >
> > > This UNSCSSM flowed around the screw and wires, preventing water
and
> > > oxygen from reaching the exposed wire. Wires that had been
> > >immersed in the UNSCSSM were readily pulled out, and were still bright
> and
> > >shiny.
> > >
> > > Offhand, it seems that a piece of heat shrink tubing containing
this
> > > stuff could be shrunk around a coax connector, forming an
> > >air- and water-tight seal. If the connector needed to be undone, the
> heat
> > >shrink can be clipped off and the UNSCSSM peels away with
> > >no residue. It seems ideal for those tricky places like coax
connections
> > >to SO-239 sockets on external boxes, where it's very
> > >difficult to wrap tape around the socket in such a way as to be
> watertight.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know more about this material?
> > >
> > >-- Eric K3NA
> > >
> > >
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