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Dielectric Grease for connections?

There's a Recall on Z body GM cars where they use dielectric grease on the connectors for the body control module for fretting corrosion.

But after using a drop of DeOxit on rcas and having them slide on so easy I'm not looking back.
Heck, DeOxit fixed the outlet in my bathroom.:D
 
Its a possibility that its only bandaging an issue. Today I did test the bias voltage its was 18.8 in each channel instead of 16.5. Since its the model that came with the chinese tube I'm thinking they just swapped the jumper pins and put in the GE tube without setting the voltage. I don't know if that was causing the hiss to creep up or not or why dielectric grease helped.
 
bare said:
Dielectric Grease?? really!?
That crud was found on the light bulb ends of mid 80's GM products.
We all know how GM products rate for engineering excellence :-) .
MY motos.. both Brand New and Old ones have not a spec of that Pig Grease in evidence .. Never... had an issue since '71.
Yours a 'Hardly' perchance?.
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By "motos" I presume you mean motorcycles? I ride year round in England, including winter's rain and road salt. Dielectric grease on relatively exposed connectors (battery, various wiring harness, headlight) keeps moisture out of electrical connections and keeps them from corroding. It's a good thing. In such conditions, exposed connectors without dielectric grease eventually rot.

What's a "Hardly"?
 
It is NOT a petroleum grease & it is Non-Conductive. A little goes a long way.
I use di-electric grease to lubricate & preserve vinyl & rubber, from O-rings to rubber bands. Keeps new vinyl & rubber soft & it will actually soften hard, weathered rubber & vinyl. Use it on automotive weatherstrip, fuel lines, radiator hoses, small pneumatic tires, hard rubber tires, windshield wipers, motorcycle seats, speaker wires, AV cables, wheelbarrow tires & even that riding mower seat exposed to the elements. Apply it sparingly with a Q-tip or fine artist paintbrush to the insulation on aging power supply cables & wires inside audio components to prevent them from cracking.
 
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