[MLB-WIRELESS] AP setup!

[Dan Flett]

Hi Brandon

The best waterproof glue is silicon sealant - the stuff you'd use on your
gutters or bathroom.  You can make waterproof seals with it by smearing it
liberally over any places where water could get in.  When you want to open
the box again you can just rip the lid off - the silicon will just tear
apart.  When you want to re-seal the box you scrape off as much of the old
silicon as you can and re-silicon it.

Apparently there is a variety of silicon that can corrode metal, so get the
non-corrosive type.

There are some plastic weather-resistant enclosures available from places
like Ideal Electronics, AWM, Middendorps or Rexel.  And of course Jaycar,
Radio Parts and Dick Smith sell their diecast jiffy boxes.

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brandon Alexander McLean" <215835 at bud.cc.swin.edu.au>
To: "Tony Langdon" <tlangdon at atctraining.com.au>
Cc: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 2:17 PM
Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] AP setup!


> Sounds like a good suggestion?
>
> but how would you test if it got wet?
>
> I was gonna use some kind of waterproof glue to fill in the gaps..
>
> wont the you have to open it?
>
> meaning re-sealing and needing to test it again?
>
> unless you know off some crazy weather proof box?
>
>
> Quoting Tony Langdon <tlangdon at atctraining.com.au>:
>
> > > i have one of those svec's anybody sucessfully waterproof
> > > one? any ideas?
> >
> > Put it in a waterproof box and seal it well.  A friend of mine, who
spends a
> > lot of time up towers suggested a good way to test that it's been
adequately
> > weatherproofed is to sit the box in a bath full of water (preferably
with a
> > brick on top so it doesn't float to the top).  If the box remains dry
> > inside, it's weatherproof enough.
> >
> > The reason for this step is because water has a way of finding its way
into
> > any opening when the weather gets a bit extreme.
> >
> > > Im sure there is an obvious answer to my last question but is
> > > there any reason
> > > i shouldn't be mounting the antenna on the TV antenna pole?
> > > interference to
> > > either?
> >
> > Nah, should be fine.  I can't see any reason for concern here.
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