Bingo. Any difference in the GE stuff and the silicon grease found in auto
stores?
73, Guy.
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Tom W8JI <w8ji@w8ji.com> wrote:
> > MEK), mostly to get a good visual on the strands. I apply
> > Noalox (contact grease) to restore water resistance.
>
> Years and years ago, I headed enginering for a company that owned dozens of
> cable and MATV systems. Because of FCC regulations and proximity of some
> systems to airport flight paths, we tested a variety of things to reduce
> connector problems.
>
> We very quickly abandoned things like noalox and settled on either 100%
> pure
> GE silicon dielectric compound, or a Teflon based dielectric compound
> manufactured by a company in Lorain Ohio (or some city close to Lorain). We
> actually found an increase in connection problems with things like Noalox.
>
> Our policy evolved into dabbing the male connector inside with dielectric
> compound, and lightly smearing the female threads. We used the Teflon paste
> only on trunk lines.
>
> Noalox caused center pin connection problems on our trunk and drop cables,
> turning copper black. We had to replace many connectors that had Noalox
> contacting the copper. I think it was some sort of zinc-copper reaction,
> but
> that was years ago.
>
> 73 Tom
>
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