[TowerTalk] FLooded shrink tubing?? Can you remove it??

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>
>>I use the sealing shrink tube and the removal process involves a good set
>>of cable cutters. I whack it off at the shrink tube ends and install new
>>connectors. The time involved to remove all the sealing goo would be far in
>>excess of what it takes to put on two new connectors.
>
>This makes me ask, Why remove the goo?  Little will stay on the coax 
>jacket and what does stay on the connectors doesn't hurt the 
>reusability. On occasion it leaves the connectors looking a bit 
>scruffy, but more often than not, most comes right off.
>

Please can we confirm what is meant by 'flooded' heat shrink tubing? Are 
we talking about tubing that is coated internally with fairly normal 
type of hot-melt glue... or can it also be something else?




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73 from Ian GM3SEK         'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
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