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Another member suggested a new forum section with new products but it doesn't look like it will be feasible. So I thought I would post this here under General RVing Issues. If enough people post (even...
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I'm not gonna check the whole thread for this to see if it's a repeat...
Had some of my seven year-old Tiger's clearance lights acting up... not coming on, but the bulb was still good. I removed some of the tarnish from the bulb base and the socket contacts with fine sandpaper and reassembled. Worked for a while, but the problem came back in a year or less.
I asked a tech friend if my memory was correct, that dielectric grease was conductive. Yep, that's right. So I bought a small tube (auto parts store, about $6 IIRC). I re-did all the tarnish removing, but this time put a tiny dab of dielectric grease on the end contact of the bulb, the side of the bulb's base, and on the brass socket contacts. It's lasted about a year so far, no more issues.
I don't think you want to get carried away with this. It would be possible to create a short circuit if you got a trail of grease from positive terminal to negative. But it should be a more lasting cure than just polishing the brass.
Jim, " 'Quotations of famous people on the internet are often made up.'---- Abraham Lincoln "
Had some of my seven year-old Tiger's clearance lights acting up... not coming on, but the bulb was still good. I removed some of the tarnish from the bulb base and the socket contacts with fine sandpaper and reassembled. Worked for a while, but the problem came back in a year or less.
I asked a tech friend if my memory was correct, that dielectric grease was conductive. Yep, that's right. So I bought a small tube (auto parts store, about $6 IIRC). I re-did all the tarnish removing, but this time put a tiny dab of dielectric grease on the end contact of the bulb, the side of the bulb's base, and on the brass socket contacts. It's lasted about a year so far, no more issues.
I don't think you want to get carried away with this. It would be possible to create a short circuit if you got a trail of grease from positive terminal to negative. But it should be a more lasting cure than just polishing the brass.
Jim, " 'Quotations of famous people on the internet are often made up.'---- Abraham Lincoln "
