Those awful crackly switches

[Eric at Svetlana Electron Devices]

At 12:30 AM 2/3/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone have a long-term cure for those awful crackly switches which
>seem to infest my old audio (short of replacing impossible-to-find
>interlocking sets or buying new equipment). Some people say clean. Some say
>don't clean. Lubricate. Don't lubricate. AUGH! Whatever happen to those
>semiconductiing liquid polymers that were around a few years back? I
>thought were supposed to work like magic.
>
>I won't even mention crackly pots...

Get a can of Caig DeOxIt D-5. It's the service technician's magic potion.
For ten years
it saved many an old stereo that hit my workbench. Other brands of contact
cleaners are useful for really filthy controls, but they don't have that Caig
magic. NOTHING can save old pots and switches like D-5.

It is available in the USA from Antique Electronic Supply (602-820-5411)
or Techni-Tool Co (610-941-2400).

Eric Barbour
Svetlana Electron Devices
Eric Barbour
Svetlana Electron Devices
Portola Valley CA USA