Re: [APD] FL endcap question

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

Not ill-advised, just gooier. ;-)

Wish I could remember where I saw those inserts. :-[

sh



--- william ruyle <inquartata at comcast_net> wrote:

> Thanks, Scott. Heat-shrink tubing sounds a whole lot
> better. Electricians
> tape is what he mentioned on his site several years ago
> and I've never
> used it, since I use cf lighting (AH Supply). I
> appreciate your coming
> forward when I post something ill-advised. :-[
> 
> Bill
> 
> S. Hieber wrote:
> 
> >Not to pick on Bill, who is a knowledgeable fellow and a
> >great aquatic hobbyist, but simply to add to the
> >discussion, I offer this:
> >
> >Electrical tape gets very messy when exposed to a lot of
> >heat in excess of about 100F, such as at the ends of
> bulbs.
> >IN fact Age alone makes the adhesive get rather gooey
> (even
> >the good 3M stuff) but heat speads up the process.
> >Personally, I don't like to use the tape for anything if
> I
> >don't have to. For that reason I wouldn't recommend it
> for
> >use in hot locations.
> >
> >As a kludge it might help keep moisture away from the
> pins.
> >However, I would rely on it less for water protection
> than
> >the so-called waterproof endcaps with bulbs they fit.
> >
> >If it was me, and I didn't want to change the endcaps,
> I'd
> >probably try some 2-to-1 heat-shrink tubing, such as,
> for
> >example, this stuff:
> >
> >http://cableorganizer.com/heat-shrink/heat-shrink2.htm
> >
> >The 2" stuff might fit over the endcap. Where it covers
> the
> >endcap, I'd heat it slowly with hot-air gun rather than
> a
> >flame and do it with a bulb in place. Since this stuff
> >shrinks at about 190+ degrees F, the heat from the bulb
> >shouldn't affect the shrinking.
> >
> >
> >sh
> >
> >--- william ruyle <inquartata at comcast_net> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Folks on the cheap simply wrap electricians tape around
> >>the ends to shim 
> >>up to 12/8ths.
> >>A nod to Mr. Nguyen who suggested this some time ago.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >
> >* * * * * * * * * * *
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> beautiful entries in the 6th Annual International
> Aquascaping Contest. Every continent is represented --
> except Antarctica. Maybe next year Antarctica, too ;-)
> >
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