On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:56:47PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > Some lubricant obviously made its way in there, and one would have to > assume that the switched current was sufficient to cause a microscopic > arcing, which will in time create a smoke film on the internals, which is > what you were measuring, and which caused the PSU to think the button was > pressed full time. Lubricants are a good idea only on a circuit that can > be called a dry circuit, where dry=microamp currents at very low voltages.
Ah, yes, these plastic things are often lubricated. > Washing it out with acetone was ok, but I would probably have reached for a > can of paint thinning alcohol as it is less likely to degrade the plastics. I know, but the acetone was all I had available... Ciao, -- Je veux que la mort me trouve plantant mes choux, mais nonchalant d’elle, et encore plus de mon jardin imparfait. (Michel de Montaigne) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
