Re: : Coax Deterioration: Was: Anyone still has coax ethernet cable?
James Knott <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Jun 2014 21:04:33 -0400
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On 06/23/2014 03:20 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> The problem with cable that old is it deteriorates with time. > Plastics deteriorate when exposed to ultraviolet, but I'm not aware of any > mechanism that would cause coax to deteriorate. Do you have examples or > pointers to sources that collaborate this? Well, there's the litter basket I mentioned a couple of posts back. The plastic is now brittle enough to break when I picked it up. It's only 40 odd years old though. The problem is the plasticizers evaporate over time. -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://gtalug.org/ TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://gtalug.org/wiki/Mailing_lists