[TowerTalk] steppIR rubber boots

[N4NW]

Just cover the boots with Butyl pond liner and you will have no UV 
problems - the stuff is rated for fifty years. I wrapped it about the 
boots on my SteppIR and no more UV issues.

Tom N4NW

At 05:12 PM 1/22/2010, jim Jarvis wrote:

>I think they're still using Fernco rubber plumbing boots, which 
>really aren't designed
>for UV exposure.   But they're relatively inexpensive.
>
>I'd suggest you try getting extra tape from steppIR, and wrap 'em 
>with the same stuff
>you use to hold the element tubes in place.   Or, if you're not into 
>matching colors,
>use Scotch 33 electrical tape.
>
>N2EA/Jjim
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