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I clean my receptacles contacts as well as all other connections at least once a year. Always have.
My story regarding automotive,, I have a Ford F-150 that I purchased new in 1990, I've always tried to perform as much mechanical work as possible by myself.
I had changed the alternator. I was driving down the road one day and noticed smoke coming from under the hood. After I found a local gas station and after the electrical fire was put out, I realized that I did not change the pigtail that comes with a dielectric grease installed to keep this sort of thing from happening.
This moved me up the ladder from a shade-tree-mechanic to a road-side-mechanic.
I clean my receptacles contacts as well as all other connections at least once a year. Always have.
My story regarding automotive,, I have a Ford F-150 that I purchased new in 1990, I've always tried to perform as much mechanical work as possible by myself.
I had changed the alternator. I was driving down the road one day and noticed smoke coming from under the hood. After I found a local gas station and after the electrical fire was put out, I realized that I did not change the pigtail that comes with a dielectric grease installed to keep this sort of thing from happening.
This moved me up the ladder from a shade-tree-mechanic to a road-side-mechanic.