Melted plug prong - would you use it?
I was given this cord form a gentleman who sold his rig. I can't use it as our camper has the rat hole cord - however, I'd like to replace it with this type of setup (had the cord pretzel on itself tw...
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RedRollingRoadblock wrote:
And a dab of dialectic grease on your connections will be a big help too.
Sorry but I have to disagree and I know it's a common thing for folks to smear that stuff on lots of things.
Dielectric grease doesn't make a connection better. The grease itself is an insulator (dielectric).
Make sure something works well and then, if you must, smear that stuff on it.
My experience has been that it traps moisture and insulates connection. Nothing is better than a clean, dry connections.
As an FAA Airman, I spent countless hours cleaning it out of aircraft connections that were gooped up by well meaning av-tech's. Cost the customer a lot of money and the grease was the only thing causing the failure.
YMMV.
Scott
