David, I beg to disagree, some time ago I used some of the 'vinegar' stuff on a splice with insulated copper wire (#14 THHN) - and I can say that the bad stuff keeps creeping for a long way. After a couple years, I had occasion to examine it and found the stuff had crept up under the insulation and caused corrosion as much as 6 inches from the point where it was applied - It did make a good weather seal, but at the cost of electrical properties loss. Fortunately, this was not in any critical application.
No longer will I use commonly available RTV direcly in electronics applications - even the consumer grade 'non-corrosive' RTV commonly available that I bought recently had a vinegar smell to it. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > I think too much is made of so-called corrosive RTV (it's the > vinegar). The level of corrosion to bare metal is very small > and in free air stops fairly quickly. For other components > bathroom sealant is perfectly adequate. Enamelled copper wire > and toroids should be immune anyway. > > David > G3UNA > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
