[Repeater-Builder] Re: Cleaning of duplexers...pt 2

2007-09-03 Thread crackedofn0de
A can of decent contact cleaner spray sells for about $20-30 around here. I've noticed that a lot of the cheaper sprays just sort of ooze from the can... I've heard tales of the T1500 filters developing noise problems a few years between cleanings, so I made sure to polish/clean mine up well

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Cleaning of duplexers...pt 2

2007-09-03 Thread skipp025
I used to be in the clean everything back to new... camp. About three years ago I was built some really High-Q tank circuits for NMR Probe Research. The test equipment I have will clearly show a relative circuit operational Q. After a lot of construction and testing I could see that even

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Cleaning of duplexers...pt 2

2007-09-02 Thread georgiaskywarn
Hi Bob, Well...I can dissolving the metal would not be good ;-) The thing that impressed me about the TarnX was that it really got in every nook and cranny...that you can barely get hands into. What about a very deluted solution? I am sure what acid that is TarnX is pretty deluted. Robert

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Cleaning of duplexers...pt 2

2007-09-02 Thread George Henry
: georgiaskywarn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 1:47 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Cleaning of duplexers...pt 2 Hi Bob, Well...I can dissolving the metal would not be good ;-) The thing that impressed me about the TarnX

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Cleaning of duplexers...pt 2

2007-09-02 Thread crackedofn0de
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, georgiaskywarn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Had an experience with using TarnX in cleaning some Moto cans. Had a friend of mine that used this with great success. I used it...had issues. The difference is he used running water when I used a pan of

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Cleaning of duplexers...pt 2

2007-09-02 Thread skipp025
Why is everyone so crazy to clean the inside of Motorola T-1500 duplexer bottle body with cleaners? Unless there is some pitting on the plunger body... you need only blow out the dust, put a little tiny bit of lube (I use dry silicon, teflon, or Amsoil MP) on the threaded shaft and slowly

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Cleaning of duplexers...pt 2

2007-09-02 Thread Jesse Lloyd
I agree skipp, just lube it up and use it... unless it was buried in a pile of sand I cant see many benefits to cleaning it, other than getting familiar with the inside of a duplexer. Generally I don't ever open duplexers, a pain in the neck to take a part and way to easy to mess up putting them

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Cleaning of duplexers...pt 2

2007-09-02 Thread Kerincom
Date: 3/09/2007 7:17:56 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Cleaning of duplexers...pt 2 I agree skipp, just lube it up and use it... unless it was buried in a pile of sand I cant see many benefits to cleaning it, other than getting familiar with the inside

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Cleaning of duplexers...pt 2

2007-09-02 Thread georgiaskywarn
Wow that stuff is expensive...when I did a search on it. What were you paying for that. Skipp...I know what you are saying on cleaning of them. I guess I am looking at trying to make the things as clean as possible. You would think that a tuned circuit would have issues with extra stuff