[Healeys] Screw terminals - keeping them connected?

[Mark LaPierre]

Nancy,  you go girl.

I can't figure out where the idea of putting any type of lubricant or 
antisieze on electrical contacts came from, but I keep reading where some 
people think its a good idea.   Even dielectric grease is suppose to be used 
sparingly on spark plug wire "boots" not directly on the
contacts.  And the old vaseline on the battery contacts is suppose to be 
done after the terminals are attached and then applied to the outside of the 
terminals as a protective coating.  So many misunderstood
areas on this topic.   Sorry if I strayed off topic.

I have never done it but I bet if I put my meter probes in some of the 
lubricants there wouldn't be much continuity showing on the meter so why 
would one use it for electrical connections.   They are more of an 
insulator.

 Nothing better than a direct contact between the metals,  soldering is 
preferred.

Mark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut at gmail.com>
To: "Healey" <Healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 10:47 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Screw terminals - keeping them connected?


> All -
>
> On several of my cars I have screw terminals.  I notice that over time, 
> they
> don't seem to keep connection as well as the Lucar/bullet terminals on my
> BJ8.
>
> I was wondering if any of you have a trick to keeping the connections 
> live,
> hopefully forever, once they've been screwed down?
>
> I am considering the following:
>
>   1. Use copper anti-seize lubricant between screw and wire?
>   2. solder/don't solder (i.e. tinning) copper wire tips?
>   3. use dielectric/lithium grease between screw and wire?
>   4. use nothing and splay out the wire ends?
>   5. stop being such a Nancy-boy and just screw down the terminals every
>   six months?
>
> Any ideas welcome,
>
> Alan
>
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '59 Jag Mk IX
> '64 BJ8
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