[Kenwood] Relays in Rigs

[Joe]

The dollar bill is a wonderful thing,

I have a set of Bencher Paddles, before they were known as Bencher 
paddles. But were being made by the inventor in the early 70's and sold 
some to fellow club members. I do the dollar thing when the contacts of 
these paddles get flakey. They are over 40 years old after all and who 
isn't flakey when youre over 40.

Joe WB9SBD

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On 1/28/2015 3:05 PM, rbethman wrote:
> List,
>
> In lieu of clattering relays, cleaning them works wonders.
>
> Some companies sell contact burnishing tools for cleaning relay contacts.
>
> If you don't want to obtain another tool, the contacts can be cleaned 
> with the edge of a $1 bill slid between the contacts.
>
> Yes, they are definitely a pain to get to, but this cleans them 
> without a bunch of contact leaf movement.
>
> It is a method we used to do for power plant relay contacts.
>
> YMMV
> Regards, Bob - N0DGN
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