>The only documented cases of silicone grease causing an issue in switches is
>from silicone-carbide is when contacts arc through the grease. It actually
>is a very common lube for many applications.
>73 Tom
There was a time in my career in electronics servicing when I came in contact
wi
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I've never had medical grade petroleum jelly attack any connectors
that's not saying it won't, it's just that I've never had an issue with
it.
I've never heard of it attacking connectors. But I would never flood a high
power connector with anything, even silicon dielectric grease. I think
I have a mostly similar background and experience, 2way radio and silicone
grease, except, they learned. At 400 mhz and higher, flooding an N
connector with silicone greade (dow #4) introduces a significant and reasonably
easily measured impedance bump. For the last couple of decades the
When I first got into the 2-way radio business back in the 70s I obtained a
lot of literature from both Motorola and General Electric, for whom I did
sub-contract work. On the subject of installing base station antennas, both
companies recommended that the connectors be flooded with "vaseline"
On 2013-11-24, at 8:59 PM, wrote:
>> I would not use petroleum jelly on any electrical connector,
>> especially to
>> flood it. That is bad advice, no matter what source recommends it.
Hi Guys,
I applied "Vaseline" petroleum jelly onto the coax connectors of my inverted
"L" antennas at t
