Re: Stabilant

[Pat James <jamesp@sk.sympatico.ca>]

Bryan Lally wrote:
> 
> At 05:31 PM 2/17/97 -0500, D Conner wrote:
> 
> >Is Stabilant a unique product or is it similar to the dielectric grease
> >(Permatex brand) I've been using on electrical connections?
> >If not the same thing is it a replacement/better product than the dielectric
> >grease?
> >I hear Stabilant is great stuff but maybe some of us already have this base
> >covered.
> 
> They're not the same thing.  Definately different.  Which works better?  Can't
> tell you the answer to that.  Here's what I know about Stabilant 22a, having
> just recently purchased some.
> 
> Name:                   Stabilant 22a
> Manufactured by:        D. W. Electrochemicals Ltd.
>                         97 Newkirk Road North, Unit 3
>                         Richmond Hill, Ontario, L4C 3G4
>                         tel: 905.508.7500
>                         fax: 905.508.7502
> NATO part #             5999-21-900-6937
> NATO supplier # 38948
> 
> You can get it in the US through Car Quest automotive parts stores.  They
> will probably not stock it.  The part # is SL-5.  It will probably be called
> "Engine Controls" on the computer.  The Car Quest label says:
> 
>         Engine Controls
>         SL-5
>         Contact Stabilant
> 
> It costs $50, US.  Ouch.  For that $50, you get a 15ml bottle.  About the
> size of a bottle of prescription eye drops.  Of that 15ml, 80% is alcohol.
> So, you are getting 3ml of active ingredients.  Then again, if you can fix
> an electrical intermittant for $50, it was well worth it.  Ask me how I
> know :-(
> 
> The active ingredient is a polymer, identified by CAS 9003-11-6.  A chemical
> engineer friend of mine looked up what that is, and drew a picture of the
> molecule on the board.  I forgot the details ...
> 
> The literature that comes with it (oh, yeah - for your $50, you get a little
> piece of paper, in both English and French, a nice little cardboard tube to
> protect your investment, and 5 cotton swabs) says:
> 
>         "Stabilant 22 is the world's first electronic contact enhancer.  Applied
> to the contact points of electronic connectors, this innovative new liquid
> polymer itself becomes conductive between the mating surfaces of the contacts
> while staying non-conductive between adjacent contact pairs.  Stabilant 22,
> unlike any other contact treatment, thus actively improves conductivity and
> connector reliability in any electronic system, from mainframe computers
> and PCs
> to bio-medical electronics and avionics."
> 
> It didn't fix my problem, but nothing else has yet, either.  Guess I'll go
> back to the garage and pull the FI computer out yet again.
> 
>         - Bryan
> 
> '94 BMW K75S            _red_
> '94 Honda XR250L        with extra needles and thread
> '89 Audi 80             I think I can, I think I can ...

Greetings; 

 We use ProGold in my computer room at work . It seems to
work as well if not better than Stabilant. For more info at following
http://www.caig.com/SB-G100.HTM

 Patrick James
 jamesp@sk.sympatico.ca