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Noalox for flash light threads report
I recently posted, to ask about corrosion resistance
stuff for electrical terminals. My final decision was to select dielectric grease. My best source turned out to be Advance Auto Parts and Battery, they had the best price, and it was local to me. Six bucks for three ounces. They also had Seal All, and Gorilla Glue, which I both used within the last year or so. Seal all, to seal the leaky seam of a metal kerosene lantern. And the gorilla Glue to do a couple wood working repairs at the church. The Seal All was well priced, 4.99 for 2 ounce tube. I had used Noalox, to lubricate the threads of my mini mag. The lens to turn on was a bit "gritty" feeling, so I cleaned it all out with spray oil and cotton swabs. And clean out the end cap. I decided to use some of that new dia grease on the mini mag. I had remembered that I'd put Noalox on the threads of the tail caps of several other aluminum body flash lights. I went to investigate, and see how they were doing. A couple of them were just grey gooped, and one looked like the Noalox had etched the threads a bit, they weren't quite the same. Might have also removed some of the anoidzing. Not good. More spray oil, and more cotton swabs. Some of the grey had dried, and I had to scrape it out with the top of a small slotted screw driver. Coat the threads with dielectric grease, and hope that works better than the grey aluminum antioxidant Noalox suff. Some metal content. Hope it's a help to someone out there. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. |
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Noalox for flash light threads report
On Mar 26, 4:45*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: I recently posted, to ask about corrosion resistance stuff for electrical terminals. My final decision was to select dielectric grease. My best source turned out to be Advance Auto Parts and Battery, they had the best price, and it was local to me. Six bucks for three ounces. They also had Seal All, and Gorilla Glue, which I both used within the last year or so. Seal all, to seal the leaky seam of a metal kerosene lantern. And the gorilla Glue to do a couple wood working repairs at the church. The Seal All was well priced, 4.99 for 2 ounce tube. I had used Noalox, to lubricate the threads of my mini mag. The lens to turn on was a bit "gritty" feeling, so I cleaned it all out with spray oil and cotton swabs. And clean out the end cap. I decided to use some of that new dia grease on the mini mag. I had remembered that I'd put Noalox on the threads of the tail caps of several other aluminum body flash lights. I went to investigate, and see how they were doing. A couple of them were just grey gooped, and one looked like the Noalox had etched the threads a bit, they weren't quite the same. Might have also removed some of the anoidzing. Not good. More spray oil, and more cotton swabs. Some of the grey had dried, and I had to scrape it out with the top of a small slotted screw driver. Coat the threads with dielectric grease, and hope that works better than the grey aluminum antioxidant Noalox suff. Some metal content. Hope it's a help to someone out there. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus *www.lds.org . The only time I've seen the gray goop used was for static connections, like HV switching gear and transformers where it was liberally applied to the aluminum bus bars where bolted to the equipment. I got the fun of filing the connections to clean them up first. Good luck with the dielectric goop, it's meant for an INSULATOR for HV, like plug boots and distributor rotors. The threads in those flashlight caps are usually used to conduct current, they might not now. Neither goop is supposed to be used for a lubricant. Stan |
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Noalox for flash light threads report
On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:45:44 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: *Snip* I had used Noalox, to lubricate the threads of my mini mag. The lens to turn on was a bit "gritty" feeling, so I cleaned it all out with spray oil and cotton swabs. And clean out the end cap. I decided to use some of that new dia grease on the mini mag. I had remembered that I'd put Noalox on the threads of the tail caps of several other aluminum body flash lights. I went to investigate, and see how they were doing. A couple of them were just grey gooped, and one looked like the Noalox had etched the threads a bit, they weren't quite the same. Might have also removed some of the anoidzing. Not good. *Snip* There is a variety of tis stuff called NO-OX-ID that doesn't have the aluminum added however the drawback to any of this class of compunds is that they get really stiff in cold weather, even at room temeprature the NO-OX is pretty hard. My rtecommendation would a silicon grease. H. |
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Noalox for flash light threads report
I'm not totally sure, but the dielectric grease I
bought is probably close to what you reccomend. I'm reassured that yet another fine man has agreed with me. Thank you. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Howard Eisenhauer" wrote in message ... *Snip* There is a variety of tis stuff called NO-OX-ID that doesn't have the aluminum added however the drawback to any of this class of compunds is that they get really stiff in cold weather, even at room temeprature the NO-OX is pretty hard. My rtecommendation would a silicon grease. H. |
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Noalox for flash light threads report
That's pretty much what I was going to write. The metal to
metal contact will force the grease out. So, nonconductive is a nonissue. The lubrication value, and the displaces air and water value is what I'm trying to do. I've used dielectric grease on several flash lights in the last couple days. Including my mini mag and a couple of D cell mag lights. They all work fine. The proof is how they work, months from now. But at the moment I'm optomistic. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "dan" wrote in message ... wrote in rec.crafts.metalworking on Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:22:26 -0700 (PDT): Good luck with the dielectric goop, it's meant for an INSULATOR for HV, like plug boots and distributor rotors. The threads in those flashlight caps are usually used to conduct current, they might not now. The metal to metal contact conducts the current, the goop just takes the place of air/water in and around the threads. -- Dan H. northshore MA. |
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Noalox for flash light threads report
On Mar 26, 6:45*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: I recently posted, to ask about corrosion resistance stuff for electrical terminals. My final decision was to select dielectric grease. My best source turned out to be Advance Auto Parts and Battery, they had the best price, and it was local to me. Six bucks for three ounces. They also had Seal All, and Gorilla Glue, which I both used within the last year or so. Seal all, to seal the leaky seam of a metal kerosene lantern. And the gorilla Glue to do a couple wood working repairs at the church. The Seal All was well priced, 4.99 for 2 ounce tube. I had used Noalox, to lubricate the threads of my mini mag. The lens to turn on was a bit "gritty" feeling, so I cleaned it all out with spray oil and cotton swabs. And clean out the end cap. I decided to use some of that new dia grease on the mini mag. I had remembered that I'd put Noalox on the threads of the tail caps of several other aluminum body flash lights. I went to investigate, and see how they were doing. A couple of them were just grey gooped, and one looked like the Noalox had etched the threads a bit, they weren't quite the same. Might have also removed some of the anoidzing. Not good. More spray oil, and more cotton swabs. Some of the grey had dried, and I had to scrape it out with the top of a small slotted screw driver. Coat the threads with dielectric grease, and hope that works better than the grey aluminum antioxidant Noalox suff. Some metal content. Hope it's a help to someone out there. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus *www.lds.org . The auto stuff works great on my lightbulbs that are prone to fretting- corrosion (ceiling fans and bathroom exhaust fans), the very hot halogens in my stove fan, and all the connections on my street-legal dirt bike (dual sport bike) which sees lots of water. Dave |
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