"EricJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Can't say that I know more, but I agree with you about spraying old wafer switches. No telling what these new products will do to them. I use a product called Rid-Ox which is pretty much the same thing as deoxit. It's in a spray can, but I just spray a tiny amount in the lid and clean the metal contacts with a good quality Q-tip that doesn't leave cotton fuzz in its wake. Works very nice. The Rid-Ox also has a lubricant in it that leaves a protective film and the switches rotate nice and smooth.
I'm not recommending Rid-Ox over deoxit. I'm just putting another vote in for applying the material only to the metal. Eric KE6US www.ke6us.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Wagner Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 4:26 PM To: Keith Hamilton Cc: [email protected]; recipient list not shown: Subject: Re: [drakelist] R-4B bandswitch lubrication Ron Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith, I would guess that you got "moisture" on the wafer material (should just be on the metal). That swells the wafer material. I would wait a week or so before going further. I was lucky enough have the cleaner I used (years ago) to dry out of the wafers. I am not sure if DeOxit will do the same, but I have never used spray cleaners since. I have a needle dropper bottle of deoxit and carefully apply it only to the metal. Someone else may know more. If so please advise for all to learn. 73, Ron ============================================================ Visit my astronomy home page. http://www.dma.org/~wagner Amateur Radio Station: WD8SBB - Ron and KB8NRP - Joann ============================================================ On Sat, 7 Jan 2006, Keith Hamilton wrote: > > Keith Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the > drakelist gang > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > I was recently cleaning up my "new" R-4B and I used "DeoxIT" on the > bandswitch contacts. My bandswitch is now rather hard to turn. I > assume I ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
