[DeTomaso] Electro question: Dielectric grease

[Larry - Ohio Time Corp]

Hi Chuck,

If you are relying on "GOOP" to make a connection good you have a bad
connection. All you want to do is protect the connection from air and water
that will corrode the connection. 

I spent $250 in parts to find out the aluminum distributor module bolted to
the painted steel plate with a copper ground wire, had no ground. Only took
3 weeks to find...

WD-40 is to thin to hang on for very long. Petroleum Jelly sounds right,
works, butt just does not look right in your tool box.

Larry (use what you got) - Cleveland



-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of cengles at cox.net
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 2:04 PM
To: SOBill at aol.com
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Electro question: Dielectric grease


Dear Bill, 

I am sure I could find plenty of info with Google about Dielectric Grease,
but I wanted some wisdom! 

Hmmm, so Dielectric Grease is a "conflicted product". So, there isn't some
sort of copper goop that you could slather about Italian electrical
connections that would prevent corrosion and improve electrical conduction.
Obviously, if there was, then there wouldn't be The Dielectric Grease
Controversy and everyone would be using Magic Copper Goop......oh, well. 

Thanks, Chuck Engles


---- SOBill at aol.com wrote:
>Chuck,
>
>Lot's of comment/debate about dielectric grease on the Internet.
>
>Some say dielectric grease is conductive others say non-conductive. The
>word dielectric means non-conductive.
>
>Dielectric grease is applied to electrical connections to reduce or
>prevent corrosion. Since dielectric grease is non-conductor why doesn't it
cause
>problems? If the film strength of the grease is less than the contact
>pressure at the connection, the electrical circuit will make contact and
the
>current will flow. Electrical contacts do not have to be large in area to
be
>effective as long as the contact distance is short ...... if that makes
>sense.
>
>Dielectric grease is big with boating and trailering folks ...... so it
>works.
>
>If you Google dielectric grease you will find all the opinions you will
>ever need and numerous suppliers.
>
>Have fun,
>
>SOBill Taylor
>sobill at aol.com
>
>
>
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