At 09:30 PM 6/30/2013, Project Pat wrote: >Yes, fuse twisting works wonders in the early fuse boxes. >I know the di-electric grease thread has run its course, but what about >coating the fuse tips? Any opinions? How about silicone paste? I have a >whole jar of the 3M stuff. Silicone is evil stuff, get some in your eye and it's irritating plus it contaminates everything it touches. Vaseline is a perfectly good dielectric grease under the circumstances, even though technically it's not grease. It is dielectric. I bet the official dielectric grease isn't technically grease (oil suspended in a metallic soap) either. A very light film should do. Yrs, d |
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