Re: Cleaning Barrery Contacts

[Tom C]

Not disputing using a fiberglass brush, I've never used one.  I worked as a 
technician in a test equipment repair shop years back.  We always used the 
eraser end of a pencil for cleaning contacts, be they battery, a rotary 
switch, or whatever.

Typically it's just a little oxidation on the metal that is difficult to see 
that creates a continuity problem.  The metal may look slightly less shiny 
than it should.  A pencil eraser is not abrasive and just  a very gentle rub 
will magically remove the oxidation.  My son has an electric race car track. 
 We clean the pickup plates on the cars and the rails on the tracks the 
same way.

You may wish to clean the ends of the batteries as well.
Tom C.

From: Powell Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Cleaning Barrery Contacts
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:01:31 -0700
And where does one find such a brush?
At 06:56 AM 28/04/2005 , you wrote:
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>Fiberglass contact cleaning brush.
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>graywolf
>http://www.graywolfphoto.com
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>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Quoting Powell Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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>>>Any thoughts on how to best clean the contacts at the bottom (top 
really)
>>>of the battery compartment?
>>>