daver clasper Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Hi Thinking of applying copper grease (as I have some) to inside of my electric connections and earth points, as apparently it is conductive. Any thoughts please. Thanks, Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmine Stag Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I think you are supposed to use dielectric grease. Cheers Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Without going out and buying a specific conductive grease (which is not cheap!) copper grease is pretty much the next best thing.Just don't over do it! Even if it is conductive it's not AS conductive as a proper metal on metal contact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gt6s Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Many years ago I had BIG problems with tail lamp plugs and sockets on a Mk 2 Avenger. Copper grease into the terminal holes of the sockets PROBLEM SORTED ! Yes copper grease will work. Laurence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedTaylor Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 I saw this question somewhere else and this is the gist of my response to that. If you want to protect an electrical connection that is being bolted up tight, battery/accumulator earth connection for example or the main terminal connections, they do not need to be particularly protected by any special grease. Personally, as I have done since I started with cars in 1960 based on advise from our father who was motoring pre WW2, I simply like to have a small tub of vaseline kicking around to protect exposed electrical joints with a thin smear - and even protected ones such as the inside distributors etc. And is what I have used with general electronic connections and often an electronic parts manufacturer with supply a small squeezy tube of similar for the purpose. On the heavy duty connections I personally can see nothing wrong in using ordinary grease or even copper grease to protect an exposed surface which should mostly be squeezed out of tightly bolted joints anyway. However in an electronic connection carrying a small current it is not a good thing to use heavy duty grease (hence my use of vaseline to protect) though of course proper grease supplied for electronic purposes is fine. Oh and no silly comments please about using vaseline to lubricate shafts ......... though the young and innocent may not understand 😲 MUT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 I use a small tub of "No-Corrode", used to be sold by Holts, but I think is Duratec now. Works wonders on bullet connections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedTaylor Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Quoted from Richard B- I use a small tub of "No-Corrode", used to be sold by Holts, but I think is Duratec now. Works wonders on bullet connections. Yes now that is something I had overlooked so thanks for mentioning that as well Richard. I have a small tube of that kicking around as well and good on battery terminals because of its corrosion resistant properties. MUT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogie Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Hi Richard, it is called 'no-crode' and can be found on ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Holts-No-Crode-Battery-Anti-Corrosion-gel-compound-30ml-tube/332541026011?epid=8014240081&hash=item4d6cfd5edb:g:P0cAAOSw61hadDLy Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Thats the one, sorry Durite not Duratec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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