20-08-2021, 08:52 AM
I always used whichever contact cleaner was supplied at work. Since having to start buying my own, I tend to use any plain contact cleaner on special offer and Servisol Super 10 as cleaner lube.
I have always been put off using expensive branded contact treatments, particularly if not stocked by RS, my logic being that RS generally only sell good quality and reasonable value products. I know that there have been quite a few exceptions and that RS are not the cheapest. I decided to try some Deoxit as I have some wafer switches, in a transmitter which I am rebuilding, which are quite bad and will not be easy to replace. I decided to go for the D100 in the 25ml needle applicator bottle as this would appear to be the least wasteful way of applying it. After shopping around I found that digi-key could supply it much cheaper than any other reputable supplier. I certanly wasn't going to buy it from a random ebay seller as the bottle could contain anything! I decided to make the order up to the min £33 for free delivery by adding a couple of bags of equipment feet and two lengths of 1/4" heatshrink sleeving as I was running a bit low.
The package arrived, from America, two days after placing the order but I was shocked to receive a parcel measuring 1200mm x 200mm x 200mm: The heatshrink was supplied in straight lengths! I appreciate that Digi-key will have a very good agreement with UPS but there cant have been very much profit in this order after taking out the carriage cost.
I will be trying the Deoxit over the next couple of days; first on the sockets on a Taylor valve tester which has been unused for many years. I will try a comparison with Servisol super 10 as there are plenty of sockets to experiment on!
Craig's comment "Old Jaguars used to have a carbon track throttle pot that fed into the ECU." amused me, we must have a different understanding of "old". I think of old Jaguars as having a series of rod linkages operating the caburettor, not so old ones have a cable and only modern ones have an ECU! My present "modern" XJ6 has an ECU and is 24 years old.
Rod
I have always been put off using expensive branded contact treatments, particularly if not stocked by RS, my logic being that RS generally only sell good quality and reasonable value products. I know that there have been quite a few exceptions and that RS are not the cheapest. I decided to try some Deoxit as I have some wafer switches, in a transmitter which I am rebuilding, which are quite bad and will not be easy to replace. I decided to go for the D100 in the 25ml needle applicator bottle as this would appear to be the least wasteful way of applying it. After shopping around I found that digi-key could supply it much cheaper than any other reputable supplier. I certanly wasn't going to buy it from a random ebay seller as the bottle could contain anything! I decided to make the order up to the min £33 for free delivery by adding a couple of bags of equipment feet and two lengths of 1/4" heatshrink sleeving as I was running a bit low.
The package arrived, from America, two days after placing the order but I was shocked to receive a parcel measuring 1200mm x 200mm x 200mm: The heatshrink was supplied in straight lengths! I appreciate that Digi-key will have a very good agreement with UPS but there cant have been very much profit in this order after taking out the carriage cost.
I will be trying the Deoxit over the next couple of days; first on the sockets on a Taylor valve tester which has been unused for many years. I will try a comparison with Servisol super 10 as there are plenty of sockets to experiment on!
Craig's comment "Old Jaguars used to have a carbon track throttle pot that fed into the ECU." amused me, we must have a different understanding of "old". I think of old Jaguars as having a series of rod linkages operating the caburettor, not so old ones have a cable and only modern ones have an ECU! My present "modern" XJ6 has an ECU and is 24 years old.
Rod
