I was in Home Depot earlier today and they had some stainless steel cable
ties...they were about 50 cents apiece.
I would think those would hold up well.
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Ray, W4BYG <w4byg@att.net> wrote:
> I've had good service life (professionally), out of black ties made by
> Panduit, or Thomas and Betts.
>
> Anything not made with carbon black will basically disintegrate outside in
> a
> year or so. Most of the cheapie "imports" are very questionable.
>
> At the risk of starting another antidotal thread: white schedule 40 PVC
> pipe
> outside suffers from the same problem. Only because it is thicker, does it
> usually last a little longer. But it to will eventually dry out, get
> brittle and disintegrate.
>
> Ray, W4BYG
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Steve
> London
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 11:16 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] UV resistant wire ties
>
> This has been discussed before, but without a really satisfying answer.
>
> Does any one have the brand and product number of a UV resistant wire tie,
> proven to last many years ?
>
> I have used many so-called UV resistant ties that are junk. OTOH, the wire
> ties provided by M2 with my 6 year old 40M4LLDD have held up very well,
> despite the UV-rich environment here in NM.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
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