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From: steve auvache on 20 Jul 2010 14:34
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:21:22 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
<grimly4REMOVE(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:

>We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
>drugs began to take hold. I remember totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The
>Older Gentleman) saying something like:
>
>><crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Made for the job, my pint tin of the stuff is around 50 years old and
>>> still half full, a little bit goes a long way.
>>
>>Sounds like the pint-sized tin of copper grease I bought at least 20
>>years ago, maybe longer.I think it will last longer than I will.
>
><glum>
>My tin of Never-Seez I purloined from work thirty years ago is coming to
>an end.

My tube of Copper Grease has a small leak. I shall be looking to replace
it, it is older than my children.

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steve auvache
From: Chris Dugan on 21 Jul 2010 18:00
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:14:18 -0500, Mark Olson wrote:

> Krusty wrote:
>> It's a rip-off, yes? I mean, it does nothing that vaseline doesn't do
>> for a fraction of the price. Or am I missing something?
>
> Silicone dielectric grease has a higher melting point. Vaseline is
> petroleum based, rather than silicone based. Use it if you want, a
> small tube of admittedly expensive dielectric grease lasts me for years.
> You can buy it in a larger size and save a bit.

Wot he said, in my case it's a tube of Tamiya Switch lubricant from the
beginning of my r/c car racing days so that's got to be over 20 years old
now :)

Being Tamiya you'll probably still be able to get it as they still make
cars/kits with the mechanical speed controllers that need this grease to
make the contacts last a reasonable length of time. I use it on connector
blocks after they've been cleaned up, it helps keep moisture out of the
joint.

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Chris

2003 CB500S
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