[TowerTalk] sealing PL259's

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

PL259s leak at both ends.  I prefer to use flooded heat shrink over the 
whole thing. It adds lots of strength too.  Wrapping them with a layer 
of tape, sticky side out under tension keeps them pretty and dry, but 
adds little or no strength.

73

Roger. (K8RI)

On 5/24/2015 10:45 PM, RMorris wrote:
> Garden hose washers (rubber) work.
>
> Get a pack or tear off sheet at the box stores.  Cheap, use as many as needed to take up the gap.
>
> I use them on a one side nut of a double female feed-thru. Going through plexiglass and don’t want to crack it, plus weather seal.
>
>> On May 24, 2015, at 9:51 PM, EZ Rhino <ezrhino at fastmovers.biz> wrote:
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>> Guys-
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>> Wondering if anyone has experimented with rolling a small rubber O ring on the end of an SO239 connector before putting the PL259 on it?  It seems that if you got the right size O ring it could seat under the PL259 and create a good seal there.
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>> Sometimes there isn't a lot of length on the SO239, and the shell of the PL259 practically bottoms out on the flange of the SO239, and therefore wrapping black tape around the end of the PL259 can't really get a good seal between the two because there just ins't enough room.  (I've been using liquid electrical tape for this and it seems really good so far.)
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>> Chris
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Roger (K8RI)


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