[Shotimes] Re:telecom gel: crappy SHO electrical connectors (cruise control cut off switch)

[Zach Leahy]

Polyvinylchloride is more commonly known as PVC I believe.

Z

On 8/4/05, Erik Balser <masho95@charter.net> wrote:
> Well the stuff the original poster was refering to was NOT "Icky Pic".  He
> was refering to the gel substance found inside telephone jacks.  The gel in
> the jacks is placed there as a preventive measure to protect against dust,
> moisture, dirt, corrosion, etc.  Icky Pic is different from the gel
> substance found in jacks.  Icky Pic can be found in both buried and aerial
> cables, and also is found in multi-pair buried service drop wires.  The name
> Icky PIC comes from 1) being icky, the stuff seems to cling to everything 2)
> PIC is refering to the cable coating which is Polyvinylchloride Insulated
> Cable.  I might be wrong on the Polyvinylchloride part, it may stand for
> plastic, my memory is failing me.  Either way it's a plastic type coating on
> the copper wires.
> 
> 
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> Subject: [Shotimes] Re:telecom gel: crappy SHO electrical connectors (cruise
> control cut off switch)
> 
> 
> > It's not dielectric grease, as dielectric grease is conductive. The stuff
> you are referring to I'm pretty sure is known as "Iky Pik" and it's not
> conductive and sticks to almost anything. You find it in burial cable. If
> you can find it outside of being rapped up in  25 pair burial cable, it
> would be good for repelling moisture. Maybe check with Greybar Electric. If
> they don't know what "Iky Pik" is, you may want to try asking for cable
> filling grease. It is petroleum based and I had to use a product called
> HydraSol to clean my hands and tools after working burial cable.
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