Oh that reminds me, I bought one of those hydraulic crimpers, comes with a range of (metric) dies. I’ll have to do a couple of crimps and post on blog. The crimps I’ve done so far have been good and tight.

Alistair 

> On Apr 10, 2020, at 11:50 AM, stuartmacm@gmail.com wrote:
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> One source for custom cables:  https://ceautoelectricsupply.com/custom-cables/ 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of Alistair Bell
> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 11:49 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Electrical connection prep.
> 
> Thought I’d start another subject just to keep things tidy :-)
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> Lots of opinions and lots of info about electrical connection treatments. Not crimps, or solder, just the terminal to terminal.
> 
> I’ll start ball rolling.
> 
> Obvious first thing is the parts shiny clean
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> On male  and female spade connectors I’ve been using de oxit d15 on new and old connections. Not sure if it has a lasting effect.
> 
> On ring and fork connections, and the battery etc, I use Dow stop cock grease. Almost out of the big old tube I’ve had for years. I think the silicone dielectric grease in FLAPS pretty well same thing. Not sure if dielectric is really a good name for it. It’s non conductive but doesn’t inhibit the metal to metal contact. Will help in reducing oxidation in connection though.
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> As an aside, I’ve always wanted to have a wee bottle of that stabilant-22, contact enhancer. I think Vw even mentions it somewhere in a digifant tech bulletin. Remember when it also was touted by those audiophile types? :-)
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> Alistair 
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