Circuit / terminal corrosion
On Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 6:45:50 AM UTC-5, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 10/17/2015 9:52 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 3:20:52 PM UTC-5, Stormin Mormon wrote:
One time I used noalox on a .250 push on terminal,
it corroded out in a few months, the terminal
up and disappeared. I've changed to dielectric
grease for small connections, now.
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That's very strange. I've never had that happen
but I don't usually put Noalox all over Faston
terminals because it's so fraking messy. I put a
small amount on the stripped end of the wire before
crimping on the connector. I once had a big tube
of 3M silicone dielectric grease I obtained back
in the early 70's that lasted me for many years of
greasing antenna connectors and low voltage
terminals in boats and cars. ^__^
[8~{} Uncle Greasy Monster
In this case, it was a thermostat on a refrigerated
box. I put Noalox on the female connectors, and
pushed them onto the spade terminals on the
thermostat. A couple months later, the male
terminals had disappeared. I've only had that
happen once, and I stopped using Noalox.
Where I am, Advance Auto Parts has the best price
on dielectric grease, three or four ounce tube for
six or seven bucks.
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I think it was Advance Auto Parts where I bought a replacement halogen bulb for the plastic headlights on my Jeep. I was having a hard time moving around so I asked a nice young feller who worked at the store if he could replace the bulb for me. After about 10 minutes of unsuccessful attempts at getting the new bulb in, I suggested that he get one of the finger sized flat foil packs of silicone spark plug boot grease and use a bit of it to lube the O ring on the lamp assembly. He put a bit on his finger, rubbed it around the O ring and the replacement lamp slipped right into the headlight. I offered to purchase the silicone grease but he declined and said he'd keep it for the next time he had to replace a bulb. The young man learned something useful that day from our encounter. ^__^
[8~{} Uncle Silicone Monster
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