Dielectric grease on connection ends


I was changing a coil on one of my bikes earlier, and as always, applied a light film of dielectric grease on the coil outputs, and on the spark plug boots. A thought occurred to me that this may be a valid application in audio connections as well. A small amount applied with a cotton swab to bananas/spades/rca's etc. may help, and I'm thinking about giving it a go. Was wondering if this has been tried by any other members, and thoughts on the pro/con aspects.
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Thanks for the nice words, Dave. There’s certainly no reason for me to take umbrage, as I would consider it to be a great compliment to be mistaken for a designer of highly regarded audio electronics such as Ralph. And perhaps the mixup was contributed to by the fact that he and I usually agree about things in threads here, and often provide thoughts here that are similar.

BTW, for many years I too have used DeoxIT Gold (formerly known as Caig ProGold which Randy referred to above), and have been very pleased with it.

Best regards,
-- Al


A basic definition of dielectric is insulator. That in itself tells you that the type of electrical connection where it is used would not be anything related to audio gear.


If you really want to try grease on your connections, you're probably better off using conductive grease instead. 

Thanks guys. Some valid points. Dave, I sure don't want to go through the problems that you had.

I guess I know the answer to my question now, and I'm glad I brought it up before giving it a go. I'll look into the DeoxIT products on line and see what I can find

Thanks once again everybody, and have a great New Year