[TowerTalk] Broken Johnny-ball insulators

[Pete Smith]

At 10:31 AM 10/23/03 -0500, you wrote:

>Pete, you know Johnny-Balls have an up side and a down side, don't you?
>
>If you don't, I bet this could be at the bottom of it.  They are designed to
>sweat moisture out the bottom.  If you put the bottom up because you didn't
>realize it was the bottom, then it's been retaining moisture.  I think a
>freeze could crack and break ceramic if it had water soaked into it.
>

I hadn't known that, but W0UN brought it up this morning.  Good to have 
confirmation, Mark!


73, Pete N4ZR
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