Bingo. Any difference in the GE stuff and the silicon grease found in auto stores?
73, Guy. On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Tom W8JI <w...@w8ji.com> wrote: > > MEK), mostly to get a good visual on the strands. I apply > > Noalox (contact grease) to restore water resistance. > > Years and years ago, I headed enginering for a company that owned dozens of > cable and MATV systems. Because of FCC regulations and proximity of some > systems to airport flight paths, we tested a variety of things to reduce > connector problems. > > We very quickly abandoned things like noalox and settled on either 100% > pure > GE silicon dielectric compound, or a Teflon based dielectric compound > manufactured by a company in Lorain Ohio (or some city close to Lorain). We > actually found an increase in connection problems with things like Noalox. > > Our policy evolved into dabbing the male connector inside with dielectric > compound, and lightly smearing the female threads. We used the Teflon paste > only on trunk lines. > > Noalox caused center pin connection problems on our trunk and drop cables, > turning copper black. We had to replace many connectors that had Noalox > contacting the copper. I think it was some sort of zinc-copper reaction, > but > that was years ago. > > 73 Tom > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
