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S60R Member Since: 23 Mar 2022 Location: West Sussex Posts: 50 |
There are a few waterproofing aerosol sprays.... I had a demo of one that was hugely impressive.... no idea how but they sprayed a light bulb and lamp holder with it, plugged it in to an RCD socket, turned it on and dropped it in a bucket of water! It stayed lit and didn't trip.... I'll try to find the stuff....failing that try WD40 or a hot glue gun? It has worked for me. |
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26th Sep 2022 7:16pm |
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garyRR Member Since: 13 Mar 2021 Location: Hampshire Posts: 1465 |
Any non-conductive maintenance spray such as Duck Oil (used widely on electrical connectors on boat engines).
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26th Sep 2022 7:17pm |
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Gremlin500 Member Since: 11 Mar 2022 Location: Newcastle, UK Posts: 1433 |
I use Electrolube SGB Grease G2X on contacts of mains garden light connectors.
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26th Sep 2022 7:36pm |
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Phoenix Member Since: 16 May 2022 Location: Gone Posts: 1631 |
Nyogel 760G is the LR approved solution (you can get it in 5g sachets with a LR part number), mainly used to prevent contact fretting but also prevents water ingress (if you use enough of it!) due to it's high viscosity.
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26th Sep 2022 7:46pm |
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SamThomas Member Since: 12 Nov 2021 Location: South East Posts: 293 |
Sorry to burst your bubble but that "test" is meaningless - RCD's require an imbalance of current in the live & neutral to operate - unless the bucket the water was in was metal & sitting on a conductive path to earth the RCD would not trip - bet they did not do a "before & after" spray demo. &, FWIW these "plugtop/in-line" RCD's are often insensitive - I've failed enough in the past. |
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27th Sep 2022 10:13am |
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philip1972 Member Since: 16 Jun 2017 Location: Marval 87440 Posts: 523 |
As ever amazing help from you all.
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27th Sep 2022 11:27am |
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