Digest for sci.electronics.repair@googlegroups.com - 6 updates in 2 topics

micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com>: Aug 01 09:05PM -0400

I've heard that CAIG Deoxit D55-6 spray contact cleaner is the best.
 
I have a can, but I can't find it.
 
I can find a small can of LPS Instant Contact Cleaner. Is that as good?
Almost as good? (They don't sell that exact thing anymore. There are
about 5 kinds of LPS ccleaner now.)
 
Or should I keep looking for the Deoxit, or buy another can (cheepest is
about $17!!)
micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com>: Aug 01 09:06PM -0400

In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 01 Aug 2023 21:05:09 -0400, micky
>about 5 kinds of LPS ccleaner now.)
 
>Or should I keep looking for the Deoxit, or buy another can (cheepest is
>about $17!!)
 
Can I clean it with the LPS now and then use the Deoxit when I find it?
Or is there some layer that goes on that would inhibit a later cleaner?
Ralph Mowery <rmowery42@charter.net>: Aug 01 10:01PM -0400

In article <bvajcihdmrbmooag6gnm94d92hgtagnbcu@4ax.com>, NONONOmisc07
@fmguy.com says...
> >about $17!!)
 
> Can I clean it with the LPS now and then use the Deoxit when I find it?
> Or is there some layer that goes on that would inhibit a later cleaner?
 
You can use the LPS now and if you need to you can use the Deoxit later.
I doubt that the LPS is as good but give it a try and see if it works
for your application as you already have it.
micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com>: Aug 02 01:46AM -0400

In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 1 Aug 2023 22:01:28 -0400, Ralph Mowery
 
>You can use the LPS now and if you need to you can use the Deoxit later.
>I doubt that the LPS is as good but give it a try and see if it works
>for your application as you already have it.
 
Thanks. I'm so clever, I couldn't even take the chassis out.
 
I googled, and other people had the same problem! And they had the same
initial problem, which is the AUX/Tape switch.
 
I paid over 200 for this 37 years ago, so I guess that would be $600+
today. And it worked just fine for about 25 years. Then the switch, a
pushbutton with In and Out settings, started to get bad, and when it
wasn't making contact, the radio made no sound. And I'd have to touch
it just right for it to be right. That used to last for months, but
then it was weeks, then days, and a year ago it wouldn't work at all.
 
I'd bought a replacement radio 2 years ago but but just taking this one
off the shelf last week was difficult. Took 15 minutes to follow the
cord to the plug and pull out the plug, one of 18 things plugged in
behind the book shelf.
 
Anyhow, more than one person had problems with this switch, and more
than one had already had the same problem taking the thing apart. The
web and Google are wonderful. Here are the instructions, even though
you don't have this radio:
 
 
 
Mar 24, 2009
#6
Here's how to do it:
 
Okay, now that I've opened the radio up it's all coming back to me.
First of all, here is how you open 'er up:
 
Remove all four screws on the bottom - not the screws in the feet, they
don't do anything except hold the radio up.
 
---[That's what I thought, but after I couldn't get the chassis out, I
removed the screws for the feet. Didn't help.]
 
Remove speaker grill (velcro fasteners)
 
---Aha!!! Up until now, I didnt' want to mess with that. The radio
still looks like new after 37 years. Real wood cabinet, nice grill
cloth.
 
and remove the single screw top left on the tab. Make sure that the
radio is unplugged from the wall and slide the chassis out throught the
front. The speaker stays in the cabinet and there will be a red and
white pair of wires on a plug that goes to it. If you want to take the
chassis away to work on it you may unplug the speaker connector, it's up
to you.
 
You will see a connector toward the front of the circuit board marked
"P503 L R". It's up front near the display board and runs from one end
of the board to the other. All you need to do is jumper L and R on that
plug and the preamp will be mono.
 
----Yeah, I haven't been using the second speaker either, so I only have
one channel. With talk-radio it doesn't make much diffeence, but still.
I have the speaker in a closet in another room. I hope I remember to
leave a note for whoever gets this thing after I die.
 
The center prong is ground, so don't short L or R to that. If you put a
small switch (like a mini-toggle) to make and break the L R bridge
circuit you can go from stereo to mono. I was going to put a mini-toggle
switch in the back of mine 10 years ago but I never got around to it. I
 
---Maybe I'll do that.
 
haven't missed it yet, so I probably won't. Here's a couple of pictures
to show you what I'm talking about. Notice how close you are to the live
electrical contacts for the power supply - hence the warning about
making sure that the unit is unplugged.
 
--- When I was 12, I spent an hour trying to fix the transformer for my
Lionel train, Only then did I notice I hadn't unplugged it, and that
showed that the problem was the plug. I was only 12.
 
Hope this helps. Hang on to that radio - it's a good one and it wasn't
made for very long!

--- I read that the KLH 200 was the last high quality thing that KLH
made.
Ralph Mowery <rmowery42@charter.net>: Aug 02 11:47AM -0400

In article <acqjcitgbr9ebcvfbkpvficr7gbskub4t4@4ax.com>, NONONOmisc07
@fmguy.com says...
> >I doubt that the LPS is as good but give it a try and see if it works
> >for your application as you already have it.
 
> Thanks. I'm so clever, I couldn't even take the chassis out.
 
Be careful on what you use contact cleaner on. Some will melt some
plastics. I melted a set of 5 plastic push buttons due to the contact
cleaner melting the plastic.
archiverfprvhs <b5d2c1db9a2916c78b515df5f686ec6f@example.com>: Aug 01 05:00PM

I might just use an external TBC like a Panasonic DMR-ES20
 
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