Tom, Any statements made on the Caig website regarding a "comparison" of DeOxit and Stabilant, could hardly be judged as unbiased. Legitimate, real-world comparisons of contact enhancement compounds have already been made, many times, by Motorola, IBM, Bendix-King, Hewlett-Packard, Tektronix, and other major manufacturers. I remember an article in Radio-Electronics Magazine, some 30 years ago, where the excellent performance of Stabilant was documented. Many moons ago, I cured a problem with my Apple II+ using Stabilant 22- the plug-in expansion and memory cards had a tendency to "walk" out of their motherboard sockets and cause intermittent contact. A thorough cleaning with an alcohol-soaked Q-Tip, followed by an application of Stabilant 22A, completely cured the intermittent contact.
Don't be concerned about Stabilant 22 becoming hard; it dries into a waxy film that remains pliable for years. 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of TGundo 2003 Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 9:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Micor Pin "Gunk" Thanks Lou, Bob, Eric, John and the rest! I have a bunch of techs around here that all swear by Deox-it as long as its used sparangily, and Caig seems to hit all concern points in their website vs.22. Has anyone had any specific issues directly related to using Deox-it? I want to do the right thing and will order the 22 if necessary, but not only because it is what Circle M recommends...maybe Deox-it was not around when they made the recommendation? From reading the Caig website I think it may be a better choice....I worry a little about the 22 drying into a rigid form. What happens over time as the pins heat up and expand/contract, especially in a non-climate controlled environment? Tom W9SRV --- On Sat, 9/4/10, wa6epd <[email protected]> wrote: From: wa6epd <[email protected]> Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Micor Pin "Gunk" To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 10:57 PM Bob, NO6B, wrote:- <This looks like the same stuff: <http://www.micro-tools.com/store/P-22/Stabilant-22-5ml-Kit-Makes-30ml-Of-22 a.aspx> <The description of how Stabilant 22 works reads very similar to the <Caig Labs DeOxIt products. A performance comparison between the 2 <products would be interesting. <Bob NO6B Take a look at:- <http://store.caig.com/s.nl/ctype.KB/it.I/id.1977/KB.215/.f> The do the comparison. -Lou- WA6EPD ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
