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XL391
Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 147 Location: The Red Side of Liverpool
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Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:16 am Post subject: Ok to use? |
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Morning,
I'm going to clean all the contacts all over the car to try and reduce the electrical gremlin population within the Jag. My question is, is it ok to apply a small amount of copper grease between the two connections to prevent further deterioration? _________________ Regards,
Will
1972 Daimler Sovereign 4.2 Series 1
1965 Sunbeam Tiger Mk1
1968 Triumph 1300 |
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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012 Posts: 1735 Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure about coppergrease, but ordinary Vaseline works quite well to give some additional protection. It's not just for battery terminals, in fact it meets all sorts of difficulties |
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Uncle Alec
Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 734 Location: Manchester
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:26 am Post subject: |
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Copper grease? No! It does conduct electricity but is not efficient, so heat will build up and do more harm than good.
Invest in a tin of Switchlube from Maplins or the grease in the link below, which has similar properties but is longer lasting. Switchlube, Electrolube or similar leaves a residual coating on electrical contacts.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/contralube-770-connector-lubricant-346030 |
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Kelsham
Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 349 Location: Llandrindod Wells Powys
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:55 am Post subject: |
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In my last life as a service tech working on print machines we were supplied with small tubes of conductive grease. This was meant to be used on a sliding contact on a very high voltage circuit.
On one occasion I experienced problems where the charging of the drum it fed, was failing. I cleaned off the grese and normal service resumed.
I never trusted it again, and used only the minimum for lubrication afterwards.
The contacts need to be clean and tight, and anything you apply will be to keep moisture out.
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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I tend to go with the "dry" surface contact. Both parts should be clean and as smooth as possible.
We have oil and grease in our vehicles in order to keep two surfaces apart. |
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colwyn500
Joined: 21 Oct 2012 Posts: 1745 Location: Nairn, Scotland
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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I used to be a mechanic in a workshop where we serviced commercial ride-on mowers. I borrowed some "skin-over" grease that was used on every electrical connection on Toro mowers and used it in a similar way on my Austin. 20 years on and all electrics are fine. It was black and dried hard. This also sounds useful but is different:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicone_grease |
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4105 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:11 am Post subject: |
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Uncle Alec wrote: | Copper grease? No! It does conduct electricity but is not efficient, so heat will build up and do more harm than good.
Invest in a tin of Switchlube from Maplins or the grease in the link below, which has similar properties but is longer lasting. Switchlube, Electrolube or similar leaves a residual coating on electrical contacts.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/contralube-770-connector-lubricant-346030 |
I also use Contralube 770 on all exposed connections; the Lucas bullet connections especially offer very little protection against the elements.
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XL391
Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 147 Location: The Red Side of Liverpool
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Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:34 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for your replies gents. _________________ Regards,
Will
1972 Daimler Sovereign 4.2 Series 1
1965 Sunbeam Tiger Mk1
1968 Triumph 1300 |
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