Keep it greasy so it starts easy.

BTeasy.

On Wednesday, June 14, 2023, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>  Excellent real world example!!!  Protection.
>
>     On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 06:04:39 PM PDT, Jim Felder <
> jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Not bare metal. Metal with protection. I know people who do outdoor
> wiring like broadband distribution and solar installations. They don’t use
> Vaseline. They use dielectric grease. The two are not equivalent, unless
> you are just looking for something colorless and greasy.
> Jim
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 7:46 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
>  I think either one would work fine in most applications.  The point is:
> just bare metal?, or bare metal with some kind of protection barrier
> against incoming humid air.  Consider a simple 1/4" Male blade connector,
> with a matching 1/4" Female connector.  With some sort of greasy coating,
> the two connect together, metal against metal.  But what is happening is
> that a very tiny fillet of greasy coating forms along both sides of the
> sharp metal to metal connection as the two are shoved together, and this is
> what helps prevent corrosion.  A barrier.  This is my theory anyway.
> Without this coating, you have a very nice crevice for water molecules to
> lodge and start to go to work.
>
>     On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 05:22:38 PM PDT, Jim Felder <
> jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Vaseline does t last very long, dielectric grease does.
>
> Jim
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 14, 2023, at 5:27 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > vaseline?
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 12:41 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
> > wrote:
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