Small corroded terminals

[Harry Bissell]

Hi Dave:

That's a bummer.  I would not trust them as a crimp connector. Any chance you
could solder them as well ?

Normal Contact Cleaner will probably not touch that corrosion. Maybe some
brush-on solder flux and a heat gun ???

H^)  harry  (BBD, TUBES  and CORRODED CRIMP CONNECTIONS......)



DCMagnuson at aol.com wrote:

>     Hi List,
>
>     I'm working on a project and I've come across some small crimp-on
> terminals that are oxidized fairly badly on the inside.  These terminals are
> very small... about the size of those used in .100" strip headers.
> Unfortunately I haven't found a source to replace the crimp connectors, so
> I'd like to clean them if possible.   Due to the small size, I'll need to
> chemically clean them, rather than manually.
>
> Does anyone have a recommendation for a chemical to clean this oxidization
> off?  Will normal switch/pot cleaner work well for something like this?  I
> don't have a bottle of any of the Caig Labs stuff, but if it'll work I'd go
> get some.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Dave Magnuson