[Hallicrafters] Re Contact Cleaner

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Yea, right Glen. Guess you never ate an Oreo, heh? (chuckle)	
	
I am not going to take issue with you on this, but so far when it comes to wafer
switches you are a minority of one who believes that a lubricant soaking into
the material is not a problem. Maybe several on the list can help to establish
this as problematical or not? Everytime I hear it said on the air, they disagree
with you Glen. It is not important who is right, but it is important the
procedure is correct.	
	
Maybe some of those knowable techs will chime in and relate their experiences to
help clear this up - 	


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From: Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com>
To: Duane Fischer, W8DBF <dfischer at usol.com>; hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Re Contact Cleaner
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2004 7:59 PM

I have never had a wafer come apart!  I have never had
a problem with conductivity!  Some people may have had
problems, but I can only speak from my experience.

You need some sort of lubricant on the switch.  If the
switch is completely dry, then all sorts of problems
can happen in a hurry (like the switch "binds" - won't
rotate freely).

Now, you don't "soak" the switch, but by using the
little red plastic tubing that comes with the WD-40,
you can direct the cleaner to where it is needed.

Frankly, you would have to really soak the wafer (like
spraying it for 20 to 30 seconds) before you are even
going to think of getting enough on it to cause
problems.  The "non" lubricating types can cause
problems with the wafers if you soak them as well. 
Just use a little common sense and you won't have any
problems at all!

Glen, K9STH


--- "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com> wrote:
 	
What about the wafer switch issue? You do not want
lubricant soaking into them, reduces conductivity. 

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Glen, K9STH

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