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Subject:Re: Spray or paste to help clean, and keep clean, electrical connections?
From:Steve Cotsford
Date:Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:25:04 EDT

Best product I have found is a spray called Rid-ox.    You  spray it on the
contacts and put the plugs back together.   It usually  works right away but
sometimes it works after 15 mins but it always  works.   I wish I had a dollar
for every time it has saved  me.   Wurth has a similar product too but I do not
know where to get  it.

Steve

Google Rid-ox to find a supplier near you.   I always have to buy  it on line
but its worth the trouble.

In a message dated 4/17/2008 3:43:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
musomuso@GMAIL.COM writes:

Hi  all.

Anyone know of a spray or paste that would help clean, and keep  clean,
pins and sockets on electrical connectors?

Maybe a spray is  best as leaving a "paste" of some kind might smoosh
around and make contact  where it shouldn't.......

I'm cleaning as best I can, but its  delicate.

Pics:

http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/28pinConnector.jpg/28pinConnector-full;init:.j
pg
http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/28pinconnector2.jpg/28pinconnector2-full;init:
.jpg

Looks  like it's designed to take a little splash of water once in a
while, but  since it supplies power to distributor low voltage side,
FI's etc. needs to  be "right", and stay "right"

I may place it in a place other than stock  location and put a box around  it.

Thanks!

Neil.

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