On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:40:39 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Mar 15, 2:04 am, Lew Hartswick wrote:
wrote:
2.Use the RIGHT heatshrink made for the job, it has an integral inner
coating of "Gloop" (its similar to hot melt glue sorta thing) that
will waterproof it.

Andrew VK3BFA.

That is the neetest stuff. It came out while I was still in the
electronics business, must have been 25 or 30 years ago. Can
still almost see the ads, now why didn't I think of that. :-)
...lew...

Yep, real neat. Originally developed to provide a seal between hard
nylon jacket telephone cable, and the lead wipe that encased the
joint. Had a nice little feature on it - a blue dot pattern that
changed colour to white when it got to the right shrinking
temperature. (Which was done with a "soft flame" burner on a propane
torch.) Made by a yank company, RAYCHEM...more widely available now,
even the local electricians supply shop has it. Probably a Chinese
knock off. Bloody expensive though. But works real good, especially if
the joint is going to be under 20ft of water all its life...

Andrew VK3BFA.

also works great for joining a messenger to the wire you are trying to
fish through a tight hole. I also use it instead of "whipping" splices
in stranded rope.


Bruce-in-Bangkok
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