Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Wire Connector Treatment
Stabilant 22 electrical contact enhancer, how many have heard of it? Used it? Check out website at: http://www.stabilant.com/. This stuff works, great for those low current flow connections used in computer circuits, i.e.: engine ecm connectors, allison electronic transmission connectors. It reduces resistance and improves curent flow, it is a contact enhancer. It is not a dielectric grease. Dielectric grease is a nonconductor, it works just the opposite of Stabilant. Both have their place, but be careful. Do not overuse dielectric grease or you will compromise your connection. If you fill the female end of connector with dielectric grease and force the two connector bodies together, the presure from the male connector entering the female connector will compress excess dielectric grease enlarging the female connector. End result, you have now created a poor connection increasing electrical resistance, generating heat, degrading the connection even further. My advice: treat clean electrical connections (terminals)with Stabilant. Treat the end of the terminal next to connector body (plastic) with a little dielectric grease to reduce ingress of corrosive elements and seal connecion. And, above all, Please do not break off lock tabs on connector body. If you do, replace the connector body. Without the lock tabs..............you will be creating yourself a repair. And an unhappy truck driver and maintenance supervisor.
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