The modular jacks in many NIDs and outdoor smartjack enclosures often have a grease but they will tell you it’s a “lubricant” to prevent “fretting corrosion” of the gold contacts due to vibration.
And OK, it keeps moisture out. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Colin Stanners Sent: Monday, December 7, 2020 11:21 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Di-Electric Grease on Cat5/6 connections... Yes/no? The grease isn't there to conduct - it's pushed out of the way from the contacts - it's there to block the port from other materials getting in. On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 11:17 AM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I have never understood how you can grease an electrical connection and have it conduct. But it does. I guess contact pressure at the microscopic level extrudes the grease. From: AF [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Monday, December 7, 2020 9:18 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Di-Electric Grease on Cat5/6 connections... Yes/no? Being in a coastal zone, we often get salt-infused rain/air during storms. Anything metal will be affected. DC4 is a good choice, and is practically mandatory on any of our installations that are within 2 or 3 miles from the shore. There other choices that are a little bit more viscous. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 12/7/2020 8:00 AM, Colin Stanners wrote: Never, haven't seen a reason to do so - but areas of high salt / humidity may be different, is Florida one of those? On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 8:47 AM Paul McCall <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Haven’t had this subject come up lately, but I think at one point we used dielectric grease (spray I think) on outdoor ethernet connections. Seems like we stopped a looong time ago I found out in our tech meeting this AM LOL Do you guys use dielectric on outdoor ethernet… Occasionally, Always, Never ? If so, what brand do you use? Thanks! Paul Paul McCall, President Florida Broadband / PDMNet 658 Old Dixie Highway Vero Beach, FL 32962 772-564-6800 -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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