[BC] Wind and STL Mutes

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And when will electrolysis screw up those stainless steel screws  
through aluminum?

Quoting the Beatles, "It won't be long now, no, no no, no.  It won't  
be long now..."

Now, the question is will my post be trapped by the "quote trap."

Oh, well.

On Feb 5, 2009, at 5:03 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 26
> From: Chuck Lakaytis <chuck at akpb.org>

> Yesterday we installed a pair of Paraflectors.  The "rungs" are now
> secured in the perimeter tubing with stainless steel screws.  When I
> talked with Scala about that they said that one of the reasons for the
> design change was the increasing use of QAM modulation.
>
> The only problem I saw with the design was that since the rungs now go
> all the way through the perimeter tubing moisture can enter the  
> tubing,
> and perhaps freeze and crack the rungs.  I asked Scala tech support
> about that as we wanted to seal the top ends of the tubing.  He said
> that was ok but to be sure that the sealant was NOT the usual silicone
> sealant.  It seems that most of those sealants for windows, tubs, etc.
> contain acetic acid to keep mildew at bay.  That acid will attack the
> anodizing and aluminum.  So we got some butyl rubber sealant and  
> used that.