On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 6:06 PM, Michael Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > My main comment before I get distracted... is: Why would anyone want to > put an insulating paste in an electrical connection when a conductive > material could be used instead?
Because the conductive material could leach across the tops to provide a conductive path between terminals much like acid mist from lead-acid batteries do? Naturally the hope/assumption is that the dielectric grease squishes out sufficiently to create a joint that is good enough and will last longer than a dry joint. Moist and high humidity climates can make the dry joint eventually corrode to the point that it leaves too little conductive path. Try living for a while on a central pacific island and you will know what I mean. The Al can corrode to the point that the connection is no good where as one coated with a dielectric will preserve it much longer. > For a field repair I can imagine a dry > joint would be better. Ok, I'll bite. Proof? ;) -- David D. Nelson http://evalbum.com/1328 http://www.levforum.com _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
