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Originally Posted by Ashikabi
Good concept. I'd grease up the threads before install though. So water doesn't sit in there
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Standard petroleum jelly is a fantastic water barrier. I use it all the time on extension cords outside (Christmas lights and so forth). Just stick a small dollop of jelly between the prongs of the male end of the cord, plug it into the female end - which smashes the dollop and squeezes it out the sides. Wipe the excess around the gap to fill everything in - done. Water can't get in and trip the breaker on that circuit.
Never had an issue in rain, snow, etc.
I'd use the same concept to seal up the space between the cover and the metal part inside - even if water gets into the plastic of the print which will happen no matter how much you think it doesn't - you simply can't notice the water spread so thin, it won't matter because that barrier of petroleum jelly will stop it cold.
I use it on car battery terminals in place of the "dielectric grease" if the new battery doesn't come with the little packet. Same stuff, really, provides an oxygen/water barrier to keep the terminals from corroding and shorting out.