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[thance]

Hold on, won't dielectric grease in a fitting with 2 or more connections (such as a light socket with a positive and negative next to each other on the same plug) potentially create a short?????????

This works on spark plugs because the head is the ground circuit, but for a light bulb, positive and negative are right next to each other and if the grease bridges the gap, you have a short.

[hoaxci5]

Hold on, won't dielectric grease in a fitting with 2 or more connections (such as a light socket with a positive and negative next to each other on the same plug) potentially create a short?????????

This works on spark plugs because the head is the ground circuit, but for a light bulb, positive and negative are right next to each other and if the grease bridges the gap, you have a short.

Dielectric grease is a non-conductive, it just seals out the bad stuff, so as long as each connection still gets mated correctly there won't be any problems.

[thance]

Dielectric grease is a non-conductive, it just seals out the bad stuff, so as long as each connection still gets mated correctly there won't be any problems.

That explains why it is a non-issue! What's the conductive stuff called?

[hoaxci5]

conductive grease? I dunno