I recently got some lubriplate for my antenna tuner and I got it in 3 small (1/4 fl oz) tubes sold as genie screw drive garage door lubricant. Its enough to last me a very long time. I forget what it cost but it was only a few dollars. It seems to help, I'm still learning how it works, how much to use, and need to do some more experimenting with it. Would be happy to test it in any way you can come up with. Very sparing application seems to be best.
Quote from: floobydust on Today at 12:24:58The type of lubricant & the lubricant base are like debating religious values. 100's of different formulas.
stj, I looked into
lithium grease and it was the usual mess of opinions:
"...lithium is an alkali metal and it conducts electricity"
"...lithium chloride is a solid, it does not contain free moving ions to conduct electricity. It only conducts when it is in the molten or aqueous state"
I find companies selling it for use in switches and HV switchgear etc.
Lubriplate lithium greaseI have no idea if leakage current is a problem with metal-salt lubes like lithium and molybdenum.
You spend $500 on a DMM and probably want to use the right stuff.