OK electrical guru's - I gots me the virago shorting out electrics again. I am thinking of filling all the plugs and connections in that thing with vaseline. If it will not conduct electricity. Vaseline is the best for keeping out water.
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Srinath.

Vaseline conducts electricity.

Ok then how about wd40 or like wheel bearing grease ... or what else, I wanna use that to get rid of water and keep it that way.
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Srinath.

di-eletric silicone use it on plug wires

Quote from: ajaxgs on August 22, 2006, 09:50:28 AM
di-eletric silicone use it on plug wires

+1

no it doesnt its an insulator,
i use it all the time on my battery terminals, trust me im an electrician, but if you don't read this artical on old transformers and capicitors
http://my.execpc.com/~endlr/oil_filled.html it talks about using them in high voltage applications, but they used to break down so they moved to other things,
but since we havn't got any thing high voltage  on the bike it'll be fine

You're still better off getting a small tube of silicone gel from an auto parts or electronics store. Its more heat resistant, won't dry up or wash off as easily, and... you won't have to answer any awkward questions. 

Awkward questions - man the damn bike's making involuntary noises and leaking all sorts of things, and I slap vaseline on the forks anyway, so its already got vaseline ... I aint going looking for dielectric silicone - WTF ... silicone and like you're talking awkward questions with vaseline - combine the 2 and booya now you're talking instant TF ...
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Srinath.

Quote from: seshadri_srinath on August 22, 2006, 10:14:37 AM
silicone and like you're talking awkward questions with vaseline - combine the 2 and booya now you're talking instant TF ...
Cool.
Srinath.

no thats ky jelly

Dielectric grease is available everywhere that they sell Permatex products.

Vaseline is not going to conduct at 12v, it might at 12kv! but not at 12v. The disadvatage over Dielectric grease is that vaseline is soluable and will ultimately break down and dissolve when exposed to water. Something like this will do for what you need.
http://www.chsinteractive.co.uk/electrical-components/tools-service-aids/service-aids/aerosols/silicone-grease-servisol-200ml-multi-purpose-silicone-grease.htm