From: legg@nospam.magma.ca   
      
   On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 23:42:48 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 21:44:07 +0100, Liz Tuddenham wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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!   
   >>   
   >> I have had this happen when Hypoy gear oil has got on the contacts, but   
   >> as other have said, the fault may be elsewhere.  Were you making your   
   >> measurements directly on the springs or on something attached to them?   
   >   
   >No, I got the probes directly on the leaves themselves.   
      
   Soak some unbleached kraft paper in alcohol or kerosene, and   
   force between the leaves' contacting surfaces.   
   Move vigorously in a circular patternm, then remove and retest.   
      
   Nick Hayward = Cursitor Doom  ?   
   Wouldn't have bothered, if I'd known.   
      
   RL   
      
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