How NOT to clean a potentiometer :(

Just FYI don't reassemble the cleaned pot. without putting some sort of lubricant in it. It seems like I've pooched my pot by not doing so. The copper contacts scratched a groove in the graphite track, and now it's impossible to get clean values from it. Damn damn damn... Worked perfectly for about an hour though, it made a world of difference and I had time to set a PB at the 'ring, at least... a 8:27:) /Magnus GPLRank: +17.22

Success need some investment ;-) Any idea though, what to use for lubrication? I have some (acid-free) grease, which is used for car-battery contacts. Should be suitable - or not? JensSchumi BTW Radio Shack is about 12000 miles away, so I don't pass them daily. On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 21:02:16 +0200, Magnus Svensson <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> >Just FYI don't reassemble the cleaned pot. without putting some sort >of lubricant in it. It seems like I've pooched my pot by not doing so. >The copper contacts scratched a groove in the graphite track, and now >it's impossible to get clean values from it. Damn damn damn... > >Worked perfectly for about an hour though, it made a world of >difference and I had time to set a PB at the 'ring, at least... a >8:27:) > > >/Magnus >GPLRank: +17.22

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get some plain stupid computer cleaner without oil in it....alcohol on a q-tip (the thing you put in your ear to clean them) works also... -- Make money while surfing (and make ME make money) http://www.desktopdollars.com/default.asp?id=txl_france http://fr.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=TRZ966 "JS" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message news: [email hidden]... > Success need some investment ;-) > > Any idea though, what to use for lubrication? I have some (acid-free) grease, > which is used for car-battery contacts. > Should be suitable - or not? > > JensSchumi > > BTW Radio Shack is about 12000 miles away, so I don't pass them daily. > > > > On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 21:02:16 +0200, Magnus Svensson <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >Just FYI don't reassemble the cleaned pot. without putting some sort > >of lubricant in it. It seems like I've pooched my pot by not doing so. > >The copper contacts scratched a groove in the graphite track, and now > >it's impossible to get clean values from it. Damn damn damn... > > > >Worked perfectly for about an hour though, it made a world of > >difference and I had time to set a PB at the 'ring, at least... a > >8:27:) > > > > > >/Magnus > >GPLRank: +17.22 > > --------------------------------------------- > LWFF Ball Bearing conversion at: > http://members.xoom.com/JensSchu/ > > GPLRank: -2.61 >