| > Does it help conduct electricity at all? No. If it did, it would probably short the pins in a connector together. And that would be bad. > If not, won't it block the electrical contacts from a clean connection? No, the grease squishes out of the way and metal-to-metal contact is made between each pin and socket.
 "The more "F" and the less "m" you have, the more "a" you can get." -- Brian Beckman, The Physics of Racing |