[Collins] Meter repair

Dr. Gerald N. Johnson geraldj at weather.net
Fri Jun 26 14:53:09 EDT 2009


On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 19:38 -1000, Raymond Cote wrote:
> FWIW, When I had a problem with my 51S1 and 74A4 meters, I finally got some 
> chemical at the University here where I worked and cleaned the glass with 
> it.  It took out the static electricity from the glass and the meters worked 
> fine after that.  YMMV
> 
> Worked for me.
> Ray

Static guard spray or undiluted dish washing detergent is good at
dissipating the static charges on a meter glass or plastic window. Don't
polish it later, or the static charges will build up again.

-- 
73, Jerry, K0CQ, Technical Advisor to the CRA
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