FYI; Many years ago when I worked for Hewlett Packard in their Test Equipment division, we used to use a UK contact cleaner called Eletrolube, it was sold by Radiospares in UK. It was the only spray or drip contact cleaner we could use on the HP DC Standard as others would cause micro volt calibration errors due to minute leakages. In its day it was the Rolls Royce of contact cleaners. Don't know if its still available. I think they even had a paste for heavy duty switch contacts.
Peter On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Eric Lemmon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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]<Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected]<Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>] > On Behalf Of TGundo 2003 > Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 9:27 PM > To: [email protected] <Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > 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] <lmeiss%40cox.net>> wrote: > > From: wa6epd <[email protected] <lmeiss%40cox.net>> > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Micor Pin "Gunk" > To: [email protected] <Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > 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 > > > > > > >
