Thanks Jeff I'll give botH a try. Do you think vinegar soaked cottton balls would be effective to clean them up in place? If i open it up I may as well replace them!
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 12:21 PM Jeffrey Birt <[email protected]> wrote: > Soak in a mild acid such as vinegar or citric acid. Afterword rinse the > coat with WD-40. > > It is possible to buy some nice new battery contacts now too. I did a > video recently about this after a friend gave me a tip about the new > contacts being available from Aliexpress. > > https://youtu.be/HwqvUbz0vPY > > Jeff Birt > > > > *From:* M100 <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Francois > Gurin > *Sent:* Monday, October 18, 2021 10:45 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [M100] corroded battery contacts > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > This isn't specifically an m100 question, but is one that relates and I'm > sure people here will have experience with this. I have an Amstrad NC-200 > with severely corroded battery terminals. When it's just battery leakage, > I have always had good luck with contact cleaner (I use WD-40 brand contact > cleaner and a toothbrush for cleaning pretty much everything, it's a lot > easier for me to work with that the various deoxits and other brands) and > on extreme cases help from a knife or some steel wool. > > > > Contact cleaner isn't doing much, and it's very resistant to scraping. I > have a feeling this is straight up rust which I (knock on wood) don't have > much experience with on electronics or a combination of both > battery leakage and rust. > > > > Short of fully replacing the terminals, any ideas on how to clean up these > terminals? > > > > --fg > > > > >
