From the brief bit of research I did online, here is what I found out about dielectric grease: It is used as you guessed at the end of your post- the goal is for the electricity to be only flowing at the contact points, and not jumping or arcing anywhere else. The site I found mentioned it will prevent sparking and resultant oxidation and corrosion. I'm glad you brought this up, because I had thought it was conductive as well. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Fisher" <refisher@MCHSI.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 5:06 PM Subject: The nature of dielectric grease; was Re: Charging better > I suppose I could be misinterpreting what folks are saying about their use > of the stuff... I also suppose that if you coated a contact with it you > could still get conductivity where the grease was pushed aside and you had > metal-to-metal contact, but that seems iffy. > > Am I missing something here? > > Cya > Robert |
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