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#43249 10/08/04 11:12 AM
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We use bulb lube on every bulb we install. It works great. The only place I have seen it is at the check out lines at Menards. It is a little orange container that simialar in size to Carmex lip balm. It costs about 3 or 4 dollars, but it is well worth it.

#43250 10/08/04 11:21 AM
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Bring back brass-base bulbs! (Say that five times real fast!!!)

Hmmm... "Bulb Lube" sounds interesting- I don't know how many times in my old vehicles that I've had to use pliers to get out the broken 1157's due to seizure in the socket.

As for the KOPR-SHIELD(R), there are certain applications where it is truly indispensible, though I would steer clear of using it as an anti-seize for bulbs. I see that they also sell it in one-gallon cans- WOW! That's more than one or two terminal and conduit-thread coatings...!


No wire bias here- I'm standing on neutral ground.
#43251 10/08/04 12:39 PM
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KOPR-SHIELD(R) is a suitable product for compliance with 300.6(A)
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#43252 10/08/04 07:23 PM
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You mean like a light bulb?
Thanks, after a long week I needed that.

Actually I meant ... aw crap you know what I meant. De-ox runs when it gets hot. What about the other stuff?

#43253 10/10/04 12:38 PM
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Thanks, I got the stuff at Menards, which I'll try. The ingredients are mineral oil, polybutene, trimethylolpropane, trisostearate, isopropyl myristate, hydroxy stearate acid. Any chemists in the group?

Dave

#43254 10/10/04 02:22 PM
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use vaseline it work's good
I use it alot for outside lighting
I got this tip from back in the day when you would use srew in type bulb's for fish tank's

#43255 10/10/04 08:50 PM
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I did a google search on Dave55's stuff. It looks like a treatme nt for pruritus
Where are you putting these bulbs?

#43256 10/11/04 09:03 PM
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HEY, KEEP IT CLEAN! I put bulbs in sockets just like every other electrician.

Dave

#43257 10/12/04 07:56 AM
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Vaseline is good stuff.

We use it here to lube the sliding contacts of the reversing contactor. 1200Amp at 72v dc.

TW

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