Why on earth do you want to wash a shrinked cable harness? I've been in the
industry for decades, have been responsible for MIL connectors & cables and
have never written a manufacturing process with that stage. I'm really
curious. Of course, there is a obvious risk for water penetration. Only
way to keep water from coming on inside is tubing plus potting. Believe me,
I've experience from hundreds of harnesses.
Normally, we do not allow tight harness designs, because of the risk for
condensed water that can't come out. Ordinary tubing is a way to make a
rigid bundle, which also protects from wear and mechanical damage and
withstands a number of minutes of fire and finally makes electrical
insulation visavi surrounding cables.
Actually, there are some tubes that are close to watertight. Their inside
has a thick glue layer, which 'seals' against the connector. But again,
what will happen if you get condensation on inside?
We use these together with special circular multipin connectors :
http://www.action-electronics.com/heatshrink.htm#Dual
http://www.newequipment.com/default.aspx
( In strict terms, a really watertight cable must have a homogenous
synthetic rubber mantle with vulcanized connector fittings. See offshore
cables. But that is probably far above what you ask for.)
If there is someone from Reynolds Inc. in this forum, you may get expert
comments.
Inge
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Sent: den 24 March 2010 09:01
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> Dear Technos,
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> Could I say that shrink tubing is water proof?
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> 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.
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> Thanks,
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> Ioan Tempea, ing.
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