How do you seal your 1400 DD coil from getting wet?

[Andrew in SE KS]

When the grass is wet my coil starts flaking out. What is the best way to seal off the joint of the coil?

 

[Mike Livingston]

have you tried turning down the gain? I have used mine in wet sand and even in a few inches of water and it worked ok like that.

 

[Andrew in SE KS]

coil case meets. Water actually gets into the coil case.

 

[OldeTymer]

Andrew,

If it's where the top and bottom half meet, you might try some silicon glue to see if that might work.

OldeTymer
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[James (Nevada)]

If you have a crack in the coil housing, Permatex makes a product that should work. It is a flowable silicon sealer called Windshield and Glass Sealer. It should be available anywhere Permatex products are sold. I get it at a local auto parts store, some ACE hardware stores also has it. Just be sure the insides of the coil are good and dry before you seal it up.

 

[James (Nevada)]

The Permatex ID is 65AR Item# 81730

 

[Mikel]

the permatex sounds good or aqua seal, its a urethane glue. any urethane glue should work. aqua seal is carried in allot of sporting goods stores or do a search in goggle. north west river supply's carry it. make absolutely sure it is absolutely dry before you seal it
i would let it sit for a few days in a warm low humidity environment like a gas oven with the pilot light on before you glue it

 

[Budracer]

If it were mine, it being a Whites coil I would send it back in to Whites and let them fix it, most likely they wouldn't charge much if anything and I would feel a lot better about the integrety of the coil.