I've found the spray cans to be wasteful and messy. One or two drops where it flows into the unit from the pen or small bottle has done it for me. I'm not trying to clean up a large plug or anything like that. Usually a noisy pot or dirty relay contacts. I popped for a spray can and used it once on a bad pot in an old piece of gear. After that I've stayed with the drop-by-drop dispenser.
For example, those of us who use Bugs for CW often have a problem with the dot contacts. At the miniscule currents modern rigs draw the contacts are not self-cleaning and end up becoming intermittent. The usual cure is to burnish them with a slip of paper pulled through the contacts while holding them closed, but that's often tedious and a short-lived solution. When that happens to me, I put one drop of DeOxit on the contacts, and let it hang there on the open contacts for a few minutes, the touch it with a bit of tissue to pick up the excess. After such a treatment I can usually count of six months to a year of perfect dots even though the keys sit open on my operating desk without covers. My little 25 ml bottle came from a buddy about two (or three?) years ago and I use it frequently. I see that after all that time it's about 1/4 gone! Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Try a product called CAIG Deoxit. Best I've used. Radio Shack sells for (it ain't cheap) about $15 for a small spray can somewhat bigger than a man's thumb. The package also contains an equally small can of stuff for gold contacts. It will rejuvenate old flashlites. I used it on the plug which connects my RV to my truck and the electris brakes seem to work better. RS also sells a Deoxit pen which would work better if you can access the worksite easily. If anyone knows of a source of larger cans please let me know. Hope this is not a dupe. Tried to send earlier. George, N4YM _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
