No-ox-id

rlw · 11-01-2013, 02:22 PM

I had a bottle of ILSCO DE-OX laying around from when I built my garage 20-some years ago. It's the stuff you use when you're connecting aluminum cable to a breaker box (or any aluminum wiring to copper connectors).

I've been using it on my batteries, and it seems to work just fine - no visible oxidation at all.

I'd be interested in how the stuff you bought turns out.

RLW

yurtle · 11-01-2013, 05:02 PM

FWIW, I think 200 amp services for homes should "still" be copper, not aluminum. I love aluminum, but it takes more attention than a typical home-builder electrician can usually offer, or home owner can maintain. No offense intended, but one phase of my last house was "blinking", and I was fortunate enough to know and fix the cause. It had melted enough of the meter base box that it was a total loss.

Even when properly installed, it needs at least a once over a few times a decade, and non-licensed electricians don't have legal access to their "own" meter box.

tteckster · 11-01-2013, 07:40 PM

FWIW, Who mentioned homes or 200 amp service? He said garage. No offense intended.

LostHusker · 11-01-2013, 08:43 PM

I have always wondered about using on a cart but have not. I have used No-Ox in communications for years and on my jobs it is required. I once talked to Alltrax about this and had a fairly detailed discussion about it, I will be curious how this works for you.

LH

Thatsme? · 11-01-2013, 09:02 PM

Quality dielectric grease will do just as well as the other product. Keeping the air and moisture away does the trick. Use liberally within reason.

yurtle · 11-01-2013, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tteckster

FWIW, Who mentioned homes or 200 amp service? He said garage. No offense intended.

No offense taken. Perhaps this is a Southern thing, but houses around here are 200 amp, but aluminum from the meter base to the breaker panel, then they're 100% copper. Used to be ALL copper.

Just sayin...

yurtle · 11-01-2013, 09:09 PM

Just a typical Yurtle off-topic rant.

I figure y'all will fire me some day, then I'll have to join the Tea Party.

Thatsme? · 11-01-2013, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yurtle

No offense taken. Perhaps this is a Southern thing, but houses around here are 200 amp, but aluminum from the meter base to the breaker panel, then they're 100% copper. Used to be ALL copper.

Just sayin...

AHH the good old days!! Aluminum gets loose and has to be tightened every few years as said previously.

tteckster · 11-01-2013, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yurtle

Just a typical Yurtle off-topic rant.

I figure y'all will fire me some day, then I'll have to join the Tea Party.

Ya can't go anywhere, we need ya here!

yurtle · 11-01-2013, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thatsme?

AHH the good old days!! Aluminum gets loose and has to be tightened every few years as said previously.

And I can legally control my breaker panel, but not my meter base.

11-01-2013, 02:22 PM	#11
rlw Gone Wild Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Southeast Ohio -- "The Toenails of the Foothills of Appalachia" Posts: 232	Re: No-ox-id I had a bottle of ILSCO DE-OX laying around from when I built my garage 20-some years ago. It's the stuff you use when you're connecting aluminum cable to a breaker box (or any aluminum wiring to copper connectors). I've been using it on my batteries, and it seems to work just fine - no visible oxidation at all. I'd be interested in how the stuff you bought turns out. RLW

11-01-2013, 05:02 PM	#12
yurtle Gone Mad Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Buford, GA Posts: 8,988	Re: No-ox-id FWIW, I think 200 amp services for homes should "still" be copper, not aluminum. I love aluminum, but it takes more attention than a typical home-builder electrician can usually offer, or home owner can maintain. No offense intended, but one phase of my last house was "blinking", and I was fortunate enough to know and fix the cause. It had melted enough of the meter base box that it was a total loss. Even when properly installed, it needs at least a once over a few times a decade, and non-licensed electricians don't have legal access to their "own" meter box.

11-01-2013, 07:40 PM	#13
tteckster Getting Wild Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: High Point, NC Posts: 112	Re: No-ox-id FWIW, Who mentioned homes or 200 amp service? He said garage. No offense intended.

11-01-2013, 08:43 PM	#14
LostHusker Just one day at a time Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: South TX Posts: 8,650	Re: No-ox-id I have always wondered about using on a cart but have not. I have used No-Ox in communications for years and on my jobs it is required. I once talked to Alltrax about this and had a fairly detailed discussion about it, I will be curious how this works for you. LH

11-01-2013, 09:02 PM	#15
Thatsme? Gone Wild Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 187	Re: No-ox-id Quality dielectric grease will do just as well as the other product. Keeping the air and moisture away does the trick. Use liberally within reason.
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11-01-2013, 09:09 PM	#17
yurtle Gone Mad Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Buford, GA Posts: 8,988	Re: No-ox-id Just a typical Yurtle off-topic rant. I figure y'all will fire me some day, then I'll have to join the Tea Party.