I wonder about using automotive style "weather pack" for terminations. Does
anyone have experience with these?
Kurt
> On Aug 21, 2014, at 12:11 PM, "Don " <w7wll@arrl.net> wrote:
>
> For those of you with access to marine supply houses you also might consider
> CorrosionBlock, a product widely used for electrical connections by the
> fishing, crab and pleasure boat vessels here on the OR coast. I have been
> using the compound since it came recommended to me by the local marine supply
> house at the Port of Newport in OR. I use the compound that comes in a
> squeeze tube on all of my electrical connections, including the 8 pin trailer
> connectors for the rotator, the coax connectors, and the surfaces of the beam
> elements where they slide together. I also use it on the threads of all of
> SS hardware (who said SS will not corrode some or seize!!!!!!) The air here
> on the salt water with incoming westerly winds is tough on anything. This
> compound has held up well over the 13 years I've had antennas up. Because of
> the constant winter rains and winds I was particularly also interested in it
> not washing out. CorrosionBlock is made by Lear Chemical (I've no interest in
> t
he company). It has no metals and is neutral to electrical and electronic
applications I've used it for.
>
> Don W7WLL
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Bill Turner
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:49 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Trailer Hitch Electrical Connectors for RotatorCable
>
> Pet shops sell RTV for aquariums which is safe for fish and not
> corrosive. Good stuff.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
>
> ------------ ORIGINAL MESSAGE ------------n Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:25:54
> -0400, you wrote:
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>> If it smells like
>> Acetic Acid, it is corrosive.
>
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