That reminds me, the Myantenna line isolator I just installed had a tiny
weep hole on one end. It would have been awfully easy to install upside
down.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 7/21/2020 8:01 PM, John Simmons wrote:
Balun Designs recommends and sometimes puts weep holes on the bottom
of their balun boxes. I had some cable junctions in an 8" 'waterproof'
electric PVC box. I traced a failure of the connections in the box- IT
WAS FULL OF WATER!!!. Drilled weep holes in the bottom after that.
-de John NI0K
Steve Maki wrote on 7/21/2020 6:47 PM:
On 07/21/20 19:31 PM, Grant Saviers wrote:
My strategy is no coax connectors out on a boom. Feedpoint ferrite
chokes are in a PVC junction box with coax in thru a watertight
gland and two glands out for short #10 leads to the feedpoint. So no
exposed solder or connectors or nuts on plastic to loosen.
Not a bad idea, it's how we construct stack switches here. It's way
easier to weatherproof an in-line splice than a panel jack.
I've never figured out how to really make an S0239 watertight. It
rains a bit here in Seattle.
I leave a way for a little moisture to leave the box. My box cover
faces down. I leave the cover gasket off, and I don't tighten the
cover excessively.
-Steve K8LX
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