Protecting socket/plug pins from corrosion

Pascal · 02 December 2010, 15:32

Hi,

What is the best product to protect trailer socket and plug pins from corrosion?

I thought of Quicksilver Corrosion Guard but am not sure how the dry residue would affect electrical contact.

Regards,
Pascal

chewy · 02 December 2010, 16:02

The RNLI use the blue Quicksilver grease, sticks like shit to a blanket.

sarahscottiedog · 02 December 2010, 16:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pascal

Hi,

What is the best product to protect trailer socket and plug pins from corrosion?

I thought of Quicksilver Corrosion Guard but am not sure how the dry residue would affect electrical contact.

Regards,
Pascal

On your car socket ? Keep the car in the garage !

on your boat lighting plug and lighting board ? Keep the lighting board in the garage

If all else fails a liberal spray of WD40 is pritty good

jyasaki · 02 December 2010, 16:28

If you're talking about the trailer lighting connection, pretty much any grease will do pretty well.

Be careful if you're trying to protect "waterproof" connections with rubber gaskets, though (the microphone connector on my VHF comes to mind), as petroleum greases don't play nice with a lot of natural rubber compounds. Silicone grease would be a better choice in that instance.

I've never had a lot of luck with the corrosion guard type lubricant-in-carrier things for this kind of application.

jky

willk · 02 December 2010, 17:31

I used this stuff for a few of seasons - seemed to do the job

Chris · 02 December 2010, 19:21

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Originally Posted by willk

I used this stuff for a few of seasons - seemed to do the job

Looks like good stuff, where do you buy it from?

Pikey Dave · 02 December 2010, 20:08

Here

willk · 02 December 2010, 20:59

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Originally Posted by Chris

Looks like good stuff, where do you buy it from?

I bought mine from me local Hardware & Gunsmith.

Un/luckily, I got his last one ever before the Recession

Now it's "Wotcher want, coal or salt?"

jwalker · 02 December 2010, 22:20

Standard water resistant grease will do the job nicely. Fill the inside of the plug and socket too. Castrol CL grease from Halfords will do the trick.

Rogue Wave · 02 December 2010, 23:02

nip in the bedrom and get the Vaseline Keep it in the garage with the tow vehicle and light board

martini · 03 December 2010, 19:16

I use vaseline too. Also I use it on my trailer plug and socket, both get immersed when I launch/recover. Packed it right in there and not given me any trouble

Razorbill RIBs · 03 December 2010, 20:53

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Originally Posted by martini

I use vaseline too. Also I use it on my trailer plug and socket, both get immersed when I launch/recover. Packed it right in there and not given me any trouble

Vaseline here too....regularly immersed....no probs....I pack it full in the rear of the plugs casing as well as on the pins etc...

willk · 03 December 2010, 22:07

bad men

9D280 · 10 December 2010, 16:42

Or just make sure the plug is hanging down when you leave it.

I had a box trailer that has lived outside for at least 20 years, granted it probably doesn't see quite as much salt air as the boat trailer, but I swapped the cheap plastic plug for a metal bodied one, and made sure it is always left hanging pins down. A squirt of WD40 once every third solstice & no problems yet........