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From: John Fields on 19 Mar 2010 17:37
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:12:30 -0500, John O'Flaherty <quiasmox(a)yeeha.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:36:30 +1100, John G <greentest(a)ozemail.com.au>
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:33:27 +0530, "pawihte" <pawihte(a)fake.invalid>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Tim Wescott wrote:
>>>> pawihte wrote:
>>>>> pawihte wrote:
>>>>>> What common substance would be acceptable as a lubricant for
>>>>>> consumer grade volume control pots? It's no good recommending
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> branded product to me as I live in a place where such
>>>>>> products
>>>>>> are unlikely to be available. Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks to those who posted helpful replies. It's been a long
>>>>> time
>>>>> since I had to bother with noisy pots. When I did such things
>>>>> regularly, contact cleaners were just things I read about in
>>>>> foreign magazines. I think they're available in local shops
>>>>> now.
>>>>> Anyway, the stuff I found inside pots were accumulated dust,
>>>>> lint
>>>>> and unidentified fuzz and grit that were sometimes so thick
>>>>> that
>>>>> I'd still prefer to open up the pot, wash it with a solvent
>>>>> and
>>>>> then apply the lubricant manually.
>>>>
>>>> Back when I kit-built my radio control gear, the pots got
>>>> lubricated
>>>> with petroleum jelly (Vaseline, to violate your "no brand name"
>>>> rule).
>>>>
>>>> Don't blame me if you find a brand of pot that gets dissolved
>>>> by it,
>>>> though.
>>>
>>>Vaseline is so common that I'll count it as generic. Thanks for
>>>the info.
>>>
>>I accept you did not want a brand name but some products have a very
>>limited range of suppliers.
>>Servisol was a good contact and pot cleaner years ago but I have been
>>away from that area for too long to know if it still around.
>>
>>Of course steel wool is still a very common POT cleaner.
>
> An appropriate grade of strainer, to remove the seeds, works best.

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I like the lid of a shoe box at about 30�.

JF
From: John O'Flaherty on 19 Mar 2010 22:23
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:37:25 -0500, John Fields
<jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:12:30 -0500, John O'Flaherty <quiasmox(a)yeeha.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:36:30 +1100, John G <greentest(a)ozemail.com.au>
>>wrote:

>>>Of course steel wool is still a very common POT cleaner.
>>
>> An appropriate grade of strainer, to remove the seeds, works best.
>
>---
>I like the lid of a shoe box at about 30�.

Bandpass, band-reject - six of one...
--
John
From: sparky on 20 Mar 2010 08:51
On Mar 14, 6:29 am, "Phil Allison" <phi...(a)tpg.com.au> wrote:
> "pawihte"
>
>  Your thinking is totally insane.
>
>  And you're a pig ignorant turd.
>
>   Drop dead.
>
> .....  Phil



Got you panties in a twist - - - again !!
From: sparky on 20 Mar 2010 08:52
On Mar 19, 1:21 am, George Herold <ggher...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 14, 5:49 am, "Phil Allison" <phi...(a)tpg.com.au> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "pawihte"
>
> > >> ** Totally mangled nonsense -  the track of a carbon ( or other) pot has
> > >> no lubricant applied during manufacture.
>
> > > Maybe not within your experience, but some manufacturers certainly do
> > > apply lubricants on the track.
>
> > **  Bollocks.
>
> > >> Any lubricant that resided on the track would prevent operation -  cos
> > >> lubricants are insulators.
>
> > > That's why I had to ask about suitable substances. Some of them were still
> > > working flawlessly with "grease" on the tracks when I opened them. In most
> > > cases, the lubricant had been pushed into a ridge right beside the wiper
> > > path.
>
> > ** Then there is  NONE  lubricating the conducting surfaces  !!!!
>
> >     You earlier claim is 100% bogus.
>
> > >> Also, rotary pots do not get " dust " inside them.
>
> > > They most certainly do.
>
> > ** Utter bollocks.
>
> > >> If the pot is still noisy -  replacement is the only option.
>
> > > As I said at the beginning, it is sometimes difficult to get a replacement
> > > of the same type.
>
> > ** Your problem.
>
> > > I've come across such wear effects too, but that's not what I was talking
> > > about. What I did mention was that they wear more rapidly without
> > > lubricant.
>
> > ** There can be NONE on the conducting surfaces.
>
> >    Your thinking is totally irrational.
>
> >    And you're an arrogant pig.
>
> > .....  Phil
>
> Perhaps a stupid question; What about conducting greases?  I have some
> silver filled grease.
>
> George H.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -



It might be difficult to keep it where you want it,
From: John Fields on 20 Mar 2010 09:35
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:21:43 -0700 (PDT), George Herold
<ggherold(a)gmail.com> wrote:


>Perhaps a stupid question; What about conducting greases? I have some
>silver filled grease.

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