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   Cursitor Doom to legg   
   Re: Switch Contacts   
   15 Sep 24 17:28:09   
   
   From: cd999666@notformail.com   
      
   On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:08:10 -0400, legg wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 16:44:47 -0000 (UTC), Nick Hayward   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Hi all,   
   >>   
   >>I have a switch which isn't making electrical contact. It consists of   
   >>two leaf springs. Dead simple. They're springy enough to push against   
   >>each other alright. And I've cleaned them with ethanol (didn't work)   
   >>isopropyl alcohol (didn't work) and Servisol switch cleaning lubricant   
   >>(didn't work either). I am at a complete loss here. Has anyone come   
   >>across something like this? I can confidently say I never have!   
   >   
   > Suggest you look for bad contact in nearby detail.   
   >   
   > RL   
      
   You mean there may be nothing wrong with the switch itself?   
      
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