I like to coat all connections with silicone grease upon assembly. I also smear the stripped ends of the cables with it before crimping. Some may say this is bad practice, and probably increases resistance slightly, but my theory is that the crimping process displaces most of the grease, which is then squeezed into any remaining voids where it prevents moisture entrapment. Same for bolted connections. I recently inspected one of my early installations that was done this way 6 or 7 years ago. Batteries and cables are in a damp salty bilge and all connections were almost like new. Just some slight discoloration (darkening) of the tin plating on the terminals. A conductive grease is probably better than silicone, but that's what I use (specifically Gly brand. Many chandleries carry it).
Jim
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Kenneth Long <kelong_2000@...> wrote:
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> "There's also the simple fact that connections do age (oxidize) despite
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> the best we can do, and lose some current-carrying capacity. In my
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> (quite long) experience with marine electronics, 99% of all wiring
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> problems happen at the connections."
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> cover the conductors with something like this? Aluminium service wires into the home are covered in a compound to prevent corrosion. is the practice performed in marine connections?
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> http://www.rfi-shielding.com/pages/products/compounds.shtml
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