I have a Nye-Viking tuner with their home made roller inductor. The roller has seized up on the shaft that guides it along the inductor. They used some sort of conductive grease on the shaft and a fe
Hi Ralph, Once you get that puppy free & loose of its moorings, lube any & all contact surfaces in the future with ordinary CASTOR OIL... That's what I do here with my THREE roller inductors that I e
www.caig.com Every conductive grease and oil that a child could want. - Jerry KF6VB _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/m
Ralph, I use silver grease made by M.G. Chemicals. It is rather pricey, but just a dab will go a long way. My local Fry's store carries the stuff, when they can keep it in stock; it sells fast. http:
Perhaps try petroleum jelly? Thids is sold under the trade name "Vaseline" here in the UK. It's commonly used on car battery terminals as it's (a) conductive (at DC, I don't know about RF) (b) corro
Most likely available at any electrical supply store or well stocke box/hardware store. Its the same stuff used on aluminum conductors when attaching to copper. Penetrox is one of the brand names. I
I don't think the grease is conductive, It is that as long as it remains fluid the high pressure contacts can poke thru it. If the grease was conductive it would likely get hot and scorch the conduct
REPLY: I wouldn't use conductive grease on a roller inductor, or at least anywhere it might work it's way in between the windings. 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ Amps
I have used a product from GC electronics called Tunerlube, part number 10-2610. Probably is enough in the tube to relube every roller inductor in the province/state. It is originally designed for th
You can try Noalox (as per antenna joint compound). It should remove the grime and prevent reformation as well.just try hard not to put on too much, since it can develop conductive paths between coil
MY understanding is the rotor coils were designed to be sacrificial ... clean the contactors, shaft bushing, clean the coil and use it up. Placing grease on the coil may do no harm but if the grease
I wouldnt use anything on the actual coil if it is wound on a form; it is a throwaway item once the plating is worn off the wire and/or wheel. OTOH the large edge wound or tubular coils can benefit f
CAIG Laboratories makes a series of contact cleaning solutions and lubricants that are non-conductive but work quickly to enhance conduction through switch and connector contacts. I see no reason why