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Bonding systems: to grease or not to grease

Posted By: Sean Burlingham
Date: Sunday, 14 November 2004, at 10:36 p.m.

I've gotten into the habit of using dielectric grease on all un-soldered electrical connections on my boats, and they seem to hold up well. But when it comes to the ship's bonding system, which is a special animal, I don't know if connections there should have it.

My new boat has some rotten bonding system connections that I'm about to replace, and thought the grease might keep the new ones from deteriorating like the existing ones have. Most of them look like corrosion developed between the crimp connector on the wire and the thru-hull fittings (greenish crud in between). I don't want to have to re-do them more than once...

Anybody have any thoughts about that?
Is grease the word?

Messages In This Thread

Bonding systems: to grease or not to grease
Sean Burlingham -- Sunday, 14 November 2004, at 10:36 p.m.

Re: Bonding systems: to grease or not to grease
Vic Roy -- Sunday, 14 November 2004, at 10:59 p.m.

Re: Bonding systems: to grease or not to grease
cwj -- Monday, 15 November 2004, at 9:47 a.m.

Re: Bonding systems: to grease or not to grease
Capt. Dave Kosh -- Monday, 15 November 2004, at 10:29 a.m.

Re: Bonding systems: to grease or not to grease
Sean Burlingham -- Monday, 15 November 2004, at 5:58 p.m.

Re: Bonding systems: to grease or not to grease
Capt. Dave Kosh -- Friday, 19 November 2004, at 11:35 a.m.