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walf posted 06-29-2005 01:36 AM ET (US)
Is there a spray to use on the plug-in contacts on electrical wires to protect them from corrosion? I am installing a GPS Receiver on my center console of my new 170 Montauk. I will be removing it each time I leave the boat.
bigjohn1 posted 06-29-2005 08:03 AM ET (US)
Dielectric grease; can't go wrong with that for what you need it for.
BW23 posted 06-29-2005 03:34 PM ET (US)
. Part number 06106
Larry posted 07-06-2005 11:29 AM ET (US)
Is dielectric grease an insulator or a conductor? I can't tell from the website. It sounds like a conductor but I've never been able verify.
Chuck Tribolet posted 07-06-2005 03:44 PM ET (US)
[Dielectric grease is an] insulator. That's what "dielectric" means.
But the contacts will displace it and still make good contact. Maybe even better contact because there will be less oxide. I'd just rubber band a plastic bag around the plug.
Be nice if Garmin, etc, supplied a cap.
Chuck
HAPPYJIM posted 07-06-2005 04:40 PM ET (US)
Dielectric grease is the ticket. I've been using it for 35 years on low voltage electrical and electronic conections and plugs and has saved countless hours of trouble shooting. Easiest place to find it is in the low voltage lighting section in Lowes and Home Depot. Cost about $4 a tube and lasts forever.
rjgorion posted 07-08-2005 09:06 PM ET (US)
Try Corrosion-X, it's just what you are looking for.
http://www.corrosionx.com/
jimh posted 07-08-2005 11:03 PM ET (US)
Most auto part stores sell small tubes of dielectric grease.

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Author	Topic: Protecting Electrical Connections; Dielectric Grease
walf	posted 06-29-2005 01:36 AM ET (US) Is there a spray to use on the plug-in contacts on electrical wires to protect them from corrosion? I am installing a GPS Receiver on my center console of my new 170 Montauk. I will be removing it each time I leave the boat.
bigjohn1	posted 06-29-2005 08:03 AM ET (US) Dielectric grease; can't go wrong with that for what you need it for.
BW23	posted 06-29-2005 03:34 PM ET (US) . Part number 06106
Larry	posted 07-06-2005 11:29 AM ET (US) Is dielectric grease an insulator or a conductor? I can't tell from the website. It sounds like a conductor but I've never been able verify.
Chuck Tribolet	posted 07-06-2005 03:44 PM ET (US) [Dielectric grease is an] insulator. That's what "dielectric" means. But the contacts will displace it and still make good contact. Maybe even better contact because there will be less oxide. I'd just rubber band a plastic bag around the plug. Be nice if Garmin, etc, supplied a cap. Chuck
HAPPYJIM	posted 07-06-2005 04:40 PM ET (US) Dielectric grease is the ticket. I've been using it for 35 years on low voltage electrical and electronic conections and plugs and has saved countless hours of trouble shooting. Easiest place to find it is in the low voltage lighting section in Lowes and Home Depot. Cost about $4 a tube and lasts forever.
rjgorion	posted 07-08-2005 09:06 PM ET (US) Try Corrosion-X, it's just what you are looking for. http://www.corrosionx.com/
jimh	posted 07-08-2005 11:03 PM ET (US) Most auto part stores sell small tubes of dielectric grease.