Terminal grease?

[mutron77]

Hey all. Just finished getting the instrument cluster on my runabout back in shape; new connectors, heavy duty switches, new gas guage, etc. Should I use some sort of grease on the guage and switch terminals to retard corrosion? The old ones got a bit crusty over the years and caused me problems. Everything is new now, but I want to avoid having problems in the future. What do you think?<br />Conductive grease? Vaseline? Dielectric grease?<br />or..Nothing?<br /><br />Thanks<br />H90<br /><br />P.S. This pic is for Jason J. This center console<br />lives in Maine and was built stitch and glue style from plans purchased from one of the afore mentioned boat plan sites in a recent thread. You can see some neat projects in their gallery.<br /><br />

 

[refractory148]

Re: Terminal grease?

i would use dielecric grease to slow corrosion. Love the pic.

 

[Hooty]

Re: Terminal grease?

I use some stuff caller "Liquid Electrical Tape" and coat all the terminals with it.<br /><br />c/6<br />Hooty

 

[mutron77]

Re: Terminal grease?

Liquid electrical tape? Do you use it on male/female<br />spade terminal connections, like after you plug it in you seal any exposed areas and it seals it up water tight? Sounds good.

 

[Hooty]

Re: Terminal grease?

Yep.<br /><br />c/6<br />Hooty

 

[Maximerc]

Re: Terminal grease?

I use the liquid electrical tape too , they make in in diffrent colors ..makes color coding easy !

 

[JasonJ]

Re: Terminal grease?

Cool....What site is the projects on?

 

[MFG197]

Re: Terminal grease?

liquid electrical on crimp/solder connections and dielectric grease on the spades/lugs.

 

[mutron77]

Re: Terminal grease?

Jason, go here and scroll down on the left and click on "customer photos", then "customer photo archives". The center console is one variation of a model they call the 'cabin skiff'<br /><br />enjoy,<br />H90<br /> http://www.glen-l.com/