The Silver Streak E-mail ListArchive Files[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [SilverStreak] Newbie battery question
Al, That is totally incorrect. Grease is a hydrocarbon. It promotes conductivity and it conducts electricity not much differently than the carbon brushes in your electric drill or blender. There are specialized greases for sensitive contact connections, which lead lugs to lead lugs are not, that are even designed for specific types of metals. There is dielectric grease and others. Your CPU processor must have a white grease beneath it to conduct heat and that grease is constantly improved upon. It is basically a grease with extremely fine aluminum powder in it. Without that grease your processor would instantly burn up. You are correct that grease should be liberally applied as a protective coating over the completed assembly. You are totally incorrect to believe the grease will interfere with the contact of the concealed lead to lead connection. It will do three things and they are; Promote the electrical contact connection, Totally prevent the inevitable seepage of acid corrosion between the tapered post and tapered lug, and Allow the soft metal to move while tightening forming a uniform shape to shape mating. You can see the application in most every automotive 1157 and 1156 bulb on any modern vehicle including your own. Simply remove a bulb and you will see the industry learned in 1983 to apply a bulb grease to the entire bulb base and socket. Bulb grease is available everywhere and no bulb including the 1995 and up pin-based bulbs should ever be installed without the grease. Prior to the greasing of bulb bases, a constant corrosion occurred to the base and bulb causing a loss of ground connection as well a B+ contact. As the connection was lost, the socket heated up ruining the socket components. Advising and reminding the good people of this forum to take the little extra and messy step of greasing everything from batteries to bulbs, rubber hoses that connect to radiators, their trailer connectors, and much more is proper, correct, and professional. I am no expert, but I am a professional and I would be totally remiss to participate in this forum, with people I care about, have never and probably will never meet, but not share such a simple and basic knowledge. It is no big deal, I am not special, and I really don't care if you choose to "do it your way". People get tired, don't want to bother, or just hate the mess. That is absolutely ok with me, but if my old grandpa was here, he'd make you take it all back apart and do it right. This is nothing new. -Eddie- Houston, TX
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