Terry's Tip...

[Anonymous]

I am not the smartest kitty in the litter and I thought that using 'this' tape to tape-up my Goldquest SS coil wire to the rod would work great, and it did. I told Terry about this and sent a photo of this to him, I was using 'Duct Tape'. I also use several straws split down the middle and put on the bottom part of the coil wire at the coil to the rod base to stabilize the coil wire from movement...Terry came back with mail and told me Duct Tape is metallic..Yep he was correct...Duct Tape will hit like light gold signal on my Goldquest.
I am not a Tect. person but if the unit hits the tape like a target then any movement of the coil will cause the unit to sound off, the duct tape is stable, the coil moves just a bit...it is a hit.... I am sure there are other negativies...
Moral: Us Black Electricial Tape....
If the explaination is not clear I have a photo of it I can post about the straws...
Thanks Terry
Frank

 

[Anonymous]

Frank,
Another way to prevent any coil cable movement as well as protecting the cable from potential damage from things such as water scoops is to run the cable inside a length of clear plastic tubing.
The tubing can be secured to the length of the stem using velcro. The weight is negligible.
I guess the diameter of the tubing would need to be just wide enough to accommodate the coil connector, or alternatively by using a narrower plastic tube (say 6mm or 1/4") and carefully cutting down the length of the tube and then inserting the cable inside.
Tony.