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[quote=traphappy][quote]Playing devil’s advocate.....maybe the inventor of Tef-Gel just wants to sell more Tef-Gel....
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Sure, of course. We all need a second yacht...

[quote]In all seriousness though, I don’t see what isolating stainless from stainless would do for you. Isolating stainless from other metals would be beneficial. Isolating stainless from moisture/salt would be beneficial (I have occasionally considered placing polyolefin lined heat shrink over the ends of the rigging). But isolating a stainless wire from a stainless terminal, I don’t really see the point there. [/quote]

I'm no expert, hence asking about this here... I've heard three things. 1) Stainless is stain less. It still corrodes in the marine environment, but less (source: Tef-gel inventor); 2) Stainless wire and terminals often differ in their chemistries, leading to some galvanic corrosion (source: some dude on Catsailor); 3) Knock off the protective layer (or whatever, I'm no expert) and stainless steel starts to go. Seems like a swage would knock off a protective layer some of the time (source: the internet/ must be true).

Glad we are discussing this.[/quote]

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