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Article #16611Question: What to lubricate plastic pots with?
From: Tom Erb
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 19:34
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 19:34
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I know, it's really a clause in the subject line, but I think it gets the point across. I maintain a small FM radio station, and we have many conductive plastic potentiometers in our mixing boards. These things are fairly expensive. They get noisy after a while, but if I take them apart and clean/lubricate them, they never feel nearly as smooth as they did before. I've tried using "Big Bath" from ECG, and some other chemical from ECG that said "Cleans and lubricates potentiometers." I haven't taken apart any of the expensive slide pots yet as they haven't caused any problems, but the rotary pots have. Reply by posting or email, I'll post a summary of any emailed responses. Thanks, Tom Erb (tome@cs.umr.edu) Chief Engineer: KMNR 89.7fm, Rolla, MO around the place.
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.audio.pro Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!crcnis1.unl.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!usenet-feed.cc.umr.edu!mcs213h.cs.umr.edu!tome From: tome@cs.umr.edu (Tom Erb) Subject: Question: What to lubricate plastic pots with? Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:34:39 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: mcs213h.cs.umr.edu Distribution: usa Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla Sender: cnews@umr.edu (UMR Usenet News Post) Originator: tome@mcs213h.cs.umr.edu Message-ID: <1993Jan7.193439.2295@umr.edu> Lines: 18