[TowerTalk] Never-Seez and noalox?

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 12/6/2010 6:55 AM, n8de at thepoint.net wrote:
> Might be a 'great' LUBE, but what about electrical/electronics use?
> Dissimilar metals play havoc with some joints.
>
> Had a bad time with 'birdies' due to one dissimilar joint where I had
> grounded a coax line at the base of a tower with copper strap secured
> to the aluminum tower using Noalox.  Seems the copper/aluminum
> junction rectified every shortwave station that the tri-band yagi heard!
Never-Seez and "anti galvanic action" materials come with a number of 
formulations.
"I think" you might need a thin piece of SS between the Aluminum and 
Copper in that case. I said "I think" because I don't remember for sure 
what should be used as an intermediary in that case.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> 73
> Don
> N8DE
>
>
> Quoting jimlux<jimlux at earthlink.net>:
>
>> Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>>> On 12/5/2010 7:39 PM, n8de at thepoint.net wrote:
>>>> Doesn't it depends on the 'metallic compounds' ?
>>> I would think so, but like the "joint compounds" for dissimilar
>>> metals, it comes with copper, zinc, aluminum, nickle, graphite, and
>>>   ...let's see if I can even spell....Molybdenum disulphide.  Spell
>>> checker darn near choked on that one, but it makes one whale of a
>>> high pressure, low velocity/rpm grease.
>>>
>> MoS2 is used in motorcycle chain lube, and probably bicycle lube, too.
>> Small bottles available.
>> Great stuff..
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