Topband: Snap and Seal plugs

[Mike Waters]

I don't understand these F-connector O-ring seal placement positions at all.

On all of the plugs for RG-6 or F-6 I have ever had, if there was an o-ring
(and there should be if it's outdoors) it went INSIDE all the way past the
threads and seated against the non-rotating part of the connector that gets
crimped to the cable. When the connector is tightened, the o-ring inside is
compressed, forming a water-tight seal between the male and female
connectors. Water can get into the threads, but not into the area where
water must be kept out (such as the center connector).

I do have some F-11 snap-and-seal plugs with a different seal, but they are
not o-rings.

73, Mike
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