Hi all, (try all this at your own risk, by the way) I know there exist contact cleaners/lubricant/protection products that should prevent oxidation of contacts. I don't know any particular brand names although "Electrolube" showed up in a quick internet search. Best check at a well stocked electronics (parts) store, and try the most "gentle" one available. Just make sure you don't use an agressive type of contact cleaner, I have bad experiences with one I think was called Kontakt 60, by a Dutch company. I once used that on a cassettedeck's switches, and on the long term it only made matters worse (the switches went green with copper oxide). Perhaps you can try coating the contacts with just a tiny amount of vaseline to prevent oxidation. Or just put a large blob in between the contacts and the rubber flap to seal off water entirely (this gets messy and you'll need to clean this when you want to connect something, and it also might affect the rubber or the plastic of the unit, so again, use at your own risk). regards, Kees *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Aug 07 2002 - 10:20:25 PDT
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