Of course I meant to say "with no issues" in my post. The nylon coating on
THHN does quickly deteriorate outdoors however I believe that the nylon's
purpose is to lessen friction and improve chemical resistance. Neither of
these are issues to me and the PVC underneath is pretty tough.
John KK9A
Sent via the Samsung Galaxy 7 edge, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone.
On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 3:55 PM Richard (Rick) Karlquist <
richard@karlquist.com> wrote:
> On 12/10/2019 12:27 PM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
> > I was also curious why rotator cable needs replacing, perhaps
> > wear/damage from the crank-up tower? FWIW, I have been using THHN house
> > wire for my rotators for decades without no issues.
> >
> > John KK9A
>
> That's surprising. I found that THHN loses its clear outer layer
> after only a few years in the sun, let alone decades.
>
> Rick N6RK
>
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