You also have to worry about sealing the connector faces themselves.  Unless they are hermetic connectors, moisture can pass through the interface side to the back (and into the tubing). 

Can I ask why you are attempting to wash complete cables?  They should not need to be cleaned if they are crimp terminations, and solder cups should be cleaned before tubing / wrapping.

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From: Ioan Tempea [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:02 PM
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Subject: [TN] Cable wash

Dear Technos,

 

Could I say that shrink tubing is water proof?

 

Otherwise said, I have this coax cable (connector - cable - connector) which has shrink tubing over both cable-connector junctions and wonder if it could pass through our in-line washer. What mainly bugs me is one of the connectors has a square body and with all those edges and corners I wonder how tight the tube can shrink around it. What I dread is not only water could seep under the tubing, but this could be dirty, ionic active water.

 

Thanks,

 

Ioan Tempea, ing.
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