[TowerTalk] UV resistant wire ties

Richard (Rick) Karlquist richard at karlquist.com
Sat May 31 20:00:46 EDT 2014


> ##  Instead  of white PVC... you could use the grey PVC...available in mist home depot
> stores.   Its  usually in the electrical dept.  Comes in  10-12 foot lengths...and is flared
> at one end..so you can join em nose to tail.  That stuff is  UV resistant.   F12 uses the smaller

Unfortunately, grey PVC is another example of
"mystery material".  It seems to be a crap shoot.
Some kinds are UV resistant, other kinds "burn" badly within
a year and seems worse than white PVC.  Of course
it all looks the same in the store.

BTW, I've never seen 12 foot lengths of conduit.

Rick N6RK


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