Dielectric grease on connection ends

jetter,

I clean my receptacles contacts as well as all other connections at least once a year. Always have.

My story regarding automotive,, I have a Ford F-150 that I purchased new in 1990, I've always tried to perform as much mechanical work as possible by myself.

I had changed the alternator. I was driving down the road one day and noticed smoke coming from under the hood. After I found a local gas station and after the electrical fire was put out, I realized that I did not change the pigtail that comes with a dielectric grease installed to keep this sort of thing from happening.

This moved me up the ladder from a shade-tree-mechanic to a road-side-mechanic.

BTW, if you put that Silver coating goop on you tube pins, it will sound much better fora little while. Then it hardens, is hell to get off, bakes into the tube sockets and may require socket replacements. Bill

"BTW, if you put that Silver coating goop on you tube pins, it will sound much better fora little while. Then it hardens, is hell to get off, bakes into the tube sockets and may require socket replacements. Bill"

Yep, that's the stuff.  Glad I didn't have tubes at the time I mad the mistake of using it.

Best to you bill,
Dave