Re: [Paddlewise] Misc GPS questions

From: Steve Holtzman <sh_at_actglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 20:49:20 -0700
Evan Dallas wrote:

> I've had the same problem, despite Garmin's specs that claim the contacts
> are gold plated.  If so, it must not be much more than a molecule thick!
> Unfortunately, I dealt with the corrosion by scraping the contacts with a
> small screwdriver -- which worked, but probably scraped what little gold
> was put on the contacts in the first place.

Evan, what I have done is to rub the contacts with a lead pencil. I read
somewhere that the graphite can help restore the connections. What I'd
really like to do though is find an easy fix that will keep the problem from
getting worse.

Steve Holtzman


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