If it is made like the bandswitch wafers, there is a disc on each side
of the contacts. The discs have holes about 1/8 or 3/16 inches in
diameter into which one can spray ever so slightly little Cramolin
contact cleaner (use DeoxIT DN5 Power Booster). After cycling the
switch from stop to stop several times, one waits until the cleaner has
dried. Finally a very quick spray of Cramolin contact lubricant is put
into the wafers and the switch cycled some more times. (Sorry I do not
know the current designation of the Cramolin contact lubricant.)
If the shaft is binding where it passes through the mounting bushing,
I'd suggest a small drop of light machine oil.
Does that answer your question?
73, Mike N4NT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Purvis" <wa4njy_am@yahoo.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 7:27 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Cleaning Switches
|
| I will be refurbishing a Triton IV soon. The mode
switch is stiff and erratic. How do I
| clean and loosen this switch that seems to have a plastic cover
over the contacts? I
| just briefly got to look at it and want to be prepared when the
rig gets here.
|
| thanks,
| Ed
Purvis
|
Bradenton, Fl
|
|
| Ed Purvis WA4NJY
| Amateur radio since
| 1963, tube-type most
| of the time.
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