I suggest using the little bottle with the thin tube applicator on top (www.caig.com). I have both the spray and the bottle. The spray rather soaks everything in the vicinity which is probably not harmful but certainly wasteful and can have fluid even dripping long afterward. The only place I use spray is in renewing scratchy potentiometers in old boatanchors where I can put the thin plastic straw into an opening and give it a blast (then stuff absorbent paper around the pot to catch all the drips, Hi!)
When I got the little 25 ml bottle I thought I'd use it rarely. After more than 5 years of de-oxing countless contacts it's the spray that is almost never used yet the little 25 ml bottle is still 90% full! True it's not as fast as spraying a multipin connector, but it doesn't take long to squeeze a tiny drop on each pin. The manufacturer, Caig, says it contains a lubricant and compound that protects connections from corroding again. IMX, it does just that. 73 Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Gentlemen, Thanks for all your support and suggestions. Dale from Elecraft suggested removing the front panel, spraying the pins with Deoxit. He kindly included a link to the DVR installation manual which has simple 'how-to' instructions on getting to the front panel assembly. Since my K3 was factory built, this was very helpful and allowed me to follow pages 6-7-8 and 11-12-13 to disassemble/assemble the FPA. Only took about 45 minutes to complete. Success! 73 Tom CX7TT ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
