[AMRadio] Best product for noisy potentiometers?

[Kim Elmore]

I applied it at the opening at the lugs on which the leads are soldered. That gave me access to the interior. If the pot is truly sealed up, I don't know how to get the stuff into it -- I don't think squirting it around the shaft would do much. I certainly did not remove them! I did this all in-place. 

Kim N5OP

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On May 11, 2013, at 8:54, Jim Hill <jimhill444 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Kim: How did you apply the F5?  Did you remove the pot and pry off the rear cover, or just squirt it around the shaft with the pot still installed, or ???  Probably just wishful thinking, but I have some hard to remove pots that need cleaning.
> Jim, w6ivw
> 
> 
> On 5/11/2013 8:31 AM, Kim Elmore wrote:
>> Thought I'd report back on my experience with the Caig F5 Faderlube product: my test case was a Yeasu FRG-7700 receiver with almost unusably noisy potentiometers. It had been my Dad's and those pots were in awful shape.
>> 
>> I followed the directions, flooded the pots with the stuff, cycled them a few times, did it again, and then tried it. The results were perfect: the controls are now electrically clean. No noise and they operate smoothly. As far as I'm concrened the stuff works as advertised!
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Kim N5OP
>> 
>> 
>> On 4/19/2013 10:17 AM, Kimberly Elmore wrote:
>>> I have some noisy potentiometers on a Yeasu FRG-7700 receiver, along with a
>>> noisy RF gain pot on my HQ-170. What's the best stuff to apply to it to help
>>> clean and quiet these pots? I have two flavors of DeoxIt --D-series and
>>> S-series. Do I need the F-series for this, or is one of these a good choice, or
>>> is there something else better?
>>> 
>>> Kim N5OP
>>> ______________________________________________________________
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