Is "Shoe Goo" electrically conductive??? - RC-Monster Forums

**Is "Shoe Goo" electrically conductive??? -** 02.18.2008, 06:41 PM

Anyone know? I have a deans plug adapter (3 male deans and 1 female) that joins my 3 X 2s liPo's (6s) I have soldered the deans plugs directly back to back and was going to bond the assembly by adding shoe goo for some added strength.

Cheers Andrew

BrianG · 02.18.2008, 06:55 PM

Not sure, but you could plop a blob on a piece of scrap and use a meter...

squeeforever · 02.18.2008, 07:04 PM

I'm about 99% sure it isn't. Most glue or adhesives aren't.

glassdoctor · 02.18.2008, 07:07 PM

I've seen guys cover the soldered tabs of a nimh pack with it... so I doubt it could be conductive at all.

02.18.2008, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianG

Not sure, but you could plop a blob on a piece of scrap and use a meter...

Brian, What would an acceptable resistance be? I will try and get a reading at a spacing of 5mm.

RUSTY XL-5 · 02.18.2008, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Countryhick

Brian, What would an acceptable resistance be? I will try and get a reading at a spacing of 5mm.

I would like to know if shoe good is electricalkly condoctive or not, because I plan to water proof my rustler's and E-Revo's RX's (totally cover the circut boards)

lincpimp · 02.19.2008, 12:09 AM

Shoe goo is silicone, isn't it? silicone is not conductive, at least to electricity. It is decent about resisting heat too.

02.19.2008, 12:29 AM

Just checked the resistance with my multimeter. Set on 20M ohms it didn't even register. I guess Shoe Goo IS NOT electrically conductive.
Thanks for the input guys.

RUSTY XL-5 · 02.19.2008, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Countryhick

Just checked the resistance with my multimeter. Set on 20M ohms it didn't even register. I guess Shoe Goo IS NOT electrically conductive.
Thanks for the input guys.

Sweet! Thanks for letting us know!

BrianG · 02.19.2008, 01:10 PM

Cool. I kinda figured it would be insulative, but you never know. Ideally, infinite resistance is desired to prevent even slow battery leakage current. So, a too-high reading on the 20M ohm scale is good...

RUSTY XL-5 · 02.19.2008, 05:50 PM

Just coated my E-Revo's servo circutry and it works!

So I guess I'll be doing this for almost all my electronics (wont do it to my escs).

BrianG · 02.19.2008, 06:29 PM

Just be careful not to cover any heat producing electronics! The PCB in a servo does contain a few transistors/FETs to drive the motor and can get warm depending on the servo power/speed rating...

RUSTY XL-5 · 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianG

Just be careful not to cover any heat producing electronics! The PCB in a servo does contain a few transistors/FETs to drive the motor and can get warm depending on the servo power/speed rating...

I'm not to worried about that becuase this isnt the greatest of servos, and I wanted it waterproof for certian reasons.

On the other hand, when I do get a pricy servo I wont cover it in shoe goo...I'll just save my current one when I want to go for a swim.

Brian- Would my recievers be ok if I coverd them in shoe goo, or should I just blast them with WD-40?

BrianG · 02.19.2008, 09:25 PM

Personally, balooning receivers is the best option, and is the easiest option to remove if you need to work on something (like a broken antenna wire). But, show-goo should work fine since there are no heat producing parts in them. Just make sure not to get the goo in the output pins.