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Article #5086Re: remote control buttons
From: Steven K Stroh
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 1990 00:00
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 1990 00:00
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Many devices that use conductive rubber buttons start having intermittant operation after a few years because of the general dirt and other blech that seeps in around the edges. In a former life I was sentenced (:-) to work for a well known videogame manufacturer, and the cure for the great majority of the handheld controllers was a simple scrubbing of the contacts on the PC board with an ordinary pencil eraser. It doesn't hurt to clean the BUTTONS with isopropyl alcohol. DO NOT use the alcohol on the PC board- it's quite likely that you'll damage the contacts (which are not bare copper, but treated to work well with the button material). Steve Stroh
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!usc!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!stroh From: stroh@ssc-vax.UUCP (Steven K Stroh) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: remote control buttons Summary: Take it apart and clean the pads underneath the button Message-ID: <1506@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: 14 Jul 90 00:00:15 GMT References: <TOLBOEL.90Jul10101202@dirac.iesd.auc.dk> Distribution: sci Organization: Boeing Aerospace & Electronics, Seattle WA Lines: 15