[TowerTalk] steppIR rubber boots

Dennis Vernacchia n6ki73 at gmail.com
Sat Jan 23 13:14:33 PST 2010


Where do you buy enough to cover 8 Boots and what sizes does it come in ?

All I see are repair kits described on the net

73, Dennis N6KI

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 8:01 AM, N4NW <n4nw at n4nw.org> wrote:

> 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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