Hi Gerald,
I disagree with your theory, No-AL-OX and the like is not to exclude
air. It is made using Zinc particles, these cut into the aluminium oxide
on the tubing surfaces and give the conductivity. Of course it needs to
stay in place. 73 Clive GM3POI
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From: TexasRF@aol.com <TexasRF@aol.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: 16 December 1998 20:37
Subject: [TowerTalk] Ox-gard
>
>At the risk of being repetitive; the idea behind Penetrox, Ox-guard, Butter
>It's Not (we call it butter snot here), etc is to exclude air from causing
>oxides to form on the surface of the conductors being treated. If the
>retardant is washed away by rain or evaporation or whatever, you have no
>protection.
>
>The usual application is to help aluminum wire work with copper electrical
>fittings. Aluminum oxide being a poor conductor (actually an insulator) can
>cause big time problems when high currents are flowing. We use these
products
>to help maintain good electrical connections in our antennas. For the stuff
to
>work properly, we have to make sure it stays in the joint. Maybe this note
>will start a new thread on how to keep joints tight and weatherproof.
>
>Any good ideas out there?
>
>73 de k5gw
>
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