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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Aug 05 2002 - 20:50:18 PDT
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