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Dear Pat;
I don't know if what you have is vapor wrap but it is excellent for sealing
connectors. however let me recommend that you first apply a layer of electrical
tape to the connector then apply the wrap over the tape and let it extend past
the tapes end. This will make it easy to remove the wrap in case you need to
take the connection apart. The wrap is extremely hard to get off after it has
been on for a while. Trust me on this one I have spent numerous hours trying
to remove this stuff from connectors. If you really want to make sure its water
proof apply electrical tape over your wrap then cover it with scotch guard this
is another 3m product that is like a paste that turns to rubber very good
stuff.
Pat Barthelow wrote:
> I recently was donated a industrial size roll of something, which I need
> to know if it is the described "Vapor Wrap". The local power company tech
> had bunches of it in his truck. It came as a roll of black, very sticky
> stuff, wound around itself, with a coated paper base separator. It is
> about 1/16 to 1/8"
> thick, and about 5 inches wide. You can cut it to size or width with a
> knife. If a free end dangles and touches another part of the roll, forget
> about trying to separate them...just knead into itself, and move on...It
> was rubbery, and a 2" wide strip cut off, and wrapped around a connector,
> would stretch, and taper, so that it became 3/4" wide, and perhaps 5 times
> as long.....good stuff, but is this "Vapor wrap?"
>
> 73, DX de Pat, AA6EG/N6IJ
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>
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>
> On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, Jan & Del Seay wrote:
>
> > Why reinvent the wheel? VaporWrap was designed exactly for
> > this purpose, is easy to use, you can buy a bunch and keep it
> > stored for many years with no degradation, is uv resistant, and
> > does a helluva good job. This is the better mousetrap!
> > de KL7HF
> >
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: Mike <no6x@inreach.com>
> > > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Oxidized R7-what to do?
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> > > Date: Sunday, April 19, 1998 6:26 PM
> > >
> > > > Vapor wrap is a material (typcially butyl rubber) that keeps the
> > > >vapor/moisture out of a connector joint. CoaxSeal is a cheap imitation
> > but
> > > can
> > > >perform the same function - it you don't apply directly to the
> > connectors,
> > > >that is.
> > >
> > > What about Scotch 88 then scotch coat over that, have not had water or
> > > anything else get into that, however it is awful messy.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
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