[Amps] Dielectric grease for roller inductors ?

[Joe]

isn't dialectic grease an Insulator?

Joe WB9SBD
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On 7/4/2018 12:11 PM, Jim Thomson wrote:
> What are you folks using for grease, if any on roller inductors ?   I have both a RI-50..which has this green grease on it, when purchased new,
> and also a RI-40... which has no grease on it.
>
> Both rollers  use  .375  silver plated, edge wound ribbon for the inductor... and  .072 thick.   A pair of gold plated contacts pinch each side of the
> edge wound ribbon.
>
> Will plane jane automotive type  dielectric grease work for this application ?   Or should I use something more exotic like Dow corning DC-4  or  DC-5 ?
> Without any lubricant on there at all, they are just metal on metal..which I fear will  just eventually destroy the  silver plated ribbon..and the
> gold plated contacts.
>
> Jim  VE7RF
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