[ARC5] TX chirp free hookup

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Not So Reliant Energy (formerly Houston Looting and Pillage) serves as a 
large battery I guess.  The advantage to the method (maybe I assumed that would be 
obvious) is that the light bulb and AC line method, when it works (95+%), 
doesn't require opening up the can to physically get at the contacts..

In a message dated 10/1/2007 5:06:37 PM Central Daylight Time, 
arc5 at ix.netcom.com writes: 
> >Although there are other vibrator failure methods, the most common one 
> >today
> >is the buildup of a Sulfide (usually) insulating layer on all of the 
> >contacts.
> 
> On the last three vibrators I've revived, the contact points themselves,
> which are sort of "press fit" and then center-punched onto the
> reed-like mountings on which they fit, have developed oxidation
> between the round contact point and the metal reed on which it
> is mounted.  I've used a big battery to sort-of "spot weld" around the
> edges of the contact point to the reed.  Seems to get current flowing
> long enough to break up the oxide between the contact point and
> the reed.

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