Introduction to Smart Strings

[Mickpat]

Attached are the Introduction to Smart Strings slides I presented at the Academy.   It was fun to meet everyone who attended.

[Rainlover]

Thanks for sharing Mick.
Great information.

John

[winwin]

Great info to demystify the smart strings mystery. Thanks for sharing.

[rwave]

Mick,

THANKS for your efforts!  I now understand more about Smart Strings; and a nice reference guide.

Richard (from SoCal)   

[rrowan]

Attached are the Introduction to Smart Strings slides I presented at the Academy.   It was fun to meet everyone who attended.

Hi Mick

Nice job and thanks for doing a presentation.

Would you mind if I add your pdf to the wiki?

Rick R.

[jnealand]

Thanks for sharing.  Nice to meet you at the Academy.  I did not make this presentation, but I like the info provided.

[ocanada1]

Thanks for doing this presentation at the Academy.  For a newbie, you provided the info that I needed to put it all together.  I made sure that I attended your session, and I'm glad I did.

Anne

[Mickpat]

Attached are the Introduction to Smart Strings slides I presented at the Academy.   It was fun to meet everyone who attended.

Hi Mick

Nice job and thanks for doing a presentation.

Would you mind if I add your pdf to the wiki?

Rick R.

Please feel free to add to the Wiki.   Thanks for all of the feedback on the presentation!

[mkozik1]

Nice job Mick.  Obvious a great deal of work put into this and it is much appreciated!

[Gary]

I saw on page 20 there is a tube of NOALOX. What is it used for? Looking it up on Google, it's only for connections where at least one side is aluminum. Aren't all RJ45 connectors gold-plated copper? Well, some cheapy RJ45 couplers I have are just copper... I'd like to prevent them from corroding so that's why I'm asking here.

[Mickpat]

I used the NOALOX between the pigtail and the cat5 connector.  I am not sure if one side was copper/aluminum but had issues with black residue accumulating inside the pigtail and on the Cat5 connector.  My thought was NOALOX would prevent this from happening and help protect from moisture.

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[Gary]

I used the NOALOX between the pigtail and the cat5 connector.  I am not sure if one side was copper/aluminum but had issues with black residue accumulating inside the pigtail and on the Cat5 connector.  My thought was NOALOX would prevent this from happening and help protect from moisture.

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That was your thought... while taking your display down and looking at your connectors, did you observe that it actually helped? I assume yes?

By the way, what is the texture of the stuff?

[Mickpat]

The stuff is a grey jelly.  All of the pigtails on the grass failed because of moisture and I removed them from the show. I let them dry out and they worked okay.  I used 10 other SSC with NOALOX on the roof and had no issues.  I would say NOALOX doesn't hurt and prevents oxidation.   This year, I am going to ensure the pigtails stay dry.

[chrisatpsu]

So it sorta works anyway by keeping water/ moisture away from the contacts regardless of the metal used in the contacts?

[Gary]

This year, I am going to ensure the pigtails stay dry.

What do you have planned (or others on the board reading this) to do to keep pigtails dry? I'm not using smart strings, but I do have some RJ45 couplers for the alarm loop to keep my equipment from "walking away". I used a electrical tape wrap to tape them up, but after unwrapping them at the end of the season, most of them were moist inside.