Lubricant for outdoor lights

[Spam Me Knot]

Is dielectric grease suitable to use to lubricate the threads of outdoor lights to keep them from crudding up and being hard to unscrew?

thx - jim

[m Ransley]

Dialectric grease should work but if it cruds up water is getting in from the top, use sicilone caulk to seal the fittings.

[tbasc]

High humidity over an extended time will produce corrosion. This from direct personal experience. TB

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

This is the stuff you want. I used to sometimes break bulbs trying to uncrew them because of the threads adhering. I bought some of this stuff earlier this year after reading a thread about it and haven't had any difficulty getting a bulb out since. BTW: a little goes a looooong way. I bought two little tubs initially but now know one will probably last me for a lifetime.

[g.a.miller]

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[tbl]

Sounds like a good idea to me... and on *any* screw in bulb that has aluminum threads, not just outdoor.

I've been using an unidentified, black anti-sieze grease (origin, I can't remember) for this for some years. I should get something else, as I think this stuff contains lead, but it sure works well.

Just make sure to use grease *very* sparingly in this situation, and like another poster said, there might be an aberant moisture/leakage problem that should be fixed.

Just my two cents.

[Stubby]

Years ago we used to use Vaseline.

[tbl]

Shudder!

[Stubby]

Why? It works fine. No stck bulbs in over 50 years.

[tbl]

Melting point. Can't remember off-hand what it is, but I

*do* remember that I often eat food that's hotter.