[Public-List] reswaging?

[Gordon Laco]

Hello again - I just re-read what I wrote... What I meant was I have never
heard of the formation of ice within a swage causing cracks.   Cracks do
occur, but I have never heard of ice being the cause.

Cheers - Gord






On 26/08/10 10:48 AM, "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:

> Hi there - 
> 
> I have seen swages sawed open... Inside the sleeve of the terminal there
> isn't any space for water... The division between the wire and the sleeve is
> impossible to detect.  I don't think water can get far enough in to make
> trouble.
> 
> Now if it did, and managed to spread the sleeve.... I would expect cracks to
> appear in the sleeve.  I have never, ever, heard of this happening, but this
> would be very bad and re-pressing the sleeves would not fix the problem.
> Further, I'd worry that re-pressing the terminals might lead to fatiguing or
> work hardening the already quite brittle stainless steel.  Anybody out there
> knowledgeable about how stainless steel copes with such treatment?
> 
> Gord #426 SURPRISE
> 
> 
> On 26/08/10 10:41 AM, "Roger L. Kingsland" <r.kingsland at ksba.com> wrote:
> 
>> We have an interesting guy at our marina who fixes radar on commercial tow
>> boats (don't know why they call them tow boats when they actually push
>> barges).  I mentioned to him hearing that storing a mast outside in cold
>> climates can cause problems with standing rigging when ice gets in the
>> connections.  His reaction was that ice would expand the swag fittings and
>> that could be fixed by recompressing the fitting (not removing it, just
>> tightening it).
>>  
>> Does anyone see a problem w/ giving this a try? It seems logical, but.......
>>  
>> Thanks,
>>  
>> Roger 148
>>  
>>  
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