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Old 05-09-2016, 08:17 PM
HuskyMan HuskyMan is offline
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Originally Posted by leathermang View Post
Common use these days for dielectric grease is between an electronic component which needs cooling......and the aluminum finned heat sink ... not for connecting items which need electricity to run between them.... my father put regular grease on the battery terminals once.... bad move...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicone_grease

''''Dielectric grease is electrically insulating and does not break down when high voltage is applied.'''
For sure. I learned the hard way on this project. Take 90% rubbing alcohol to clean the dielectric grease from the battery terminals and connectors.
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