On Thursday 02 November 2017 10:32:28 jrmitchellj . wrote: > The best contact cleaner I have ever used is De-Ox-It from Caig Labs. > (the red stuff) > I have restored millions in broadcast and television equipment to > proper service with it. > > It is amazing how much grub it get off connectors, without harming the > plating at all. > > > Ray > > --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. > [email protected] > I'll 2nd that, great stuff. > > The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. > The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the > occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We > must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our > country.*Abraham Lincoln > <http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Abraham_Lincoln/>*, *Annual > message to Congress, December 1, 1862* > *16th president of US (1809 - 1865)* > > On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 5:55 AM, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11/02/2017 03:09 AM, Marcus Bowman wrote: > >> If there are plug-in cards or gold plated edge connectors anywhere, > >> unplug, rub with an eraser, dust clean and re-insert. Might help > >> remove stray capacitance. I've just had trouble with a set of > >> plug-in cards on a machine here (not control cards, but the same > >> principle applies). > >> > >> Marcus > > > > You really don't want to use an eraser on gold plated contacts. The > > gold plating is quite thin, and the eraser will wear it away. Much > > better to use alcohol and something like a coffee filter or non-clay > > based paper to clean up the oxidation. Especially on the female > > contacts where you will inevitably leave eraser residue. Once > > that's accomplished insert and remove the card into the slot several > > times. > > > > Erasers have fine grit mixed in with the rubber and act just like > > sandpaper. Not good for gold plating. > > > > Mark > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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