dewaj via Dng said on Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:38:35 -0800

>On 17 Jan 2025 09:31:45 -0700
>Peter via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>

>> From:    Steve Litt <slitt@???>
>> Date:    Fri, 17 Jan 2025 06:43:37 -0500  
>> > https://troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200310/200310.htm    

>>
>> Good article. Will recommend to anyone who might be receptive. If
>> only every owner of an electronic machine would take an interest.
>> =8~/
>>
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>lubricants may migrate to places they should or must not be and cause
>damage or failure of devices.

The preceding is possible. The likelihood depends on 1) Application
methods and amount and 2) Which lubricant is used. 3) The metal(s)
involved in the contact.

>There is also a chance of cross-contamination.

I don't understand the concept of cross-contamination.

>
>Consider the lubricant type and application. it may create more
>problems that it is intended to solve.

Yeah, you can't just slather it on. I would *never* use it on the
processor chip, and I'd be very, very careful using it on RAM sticks. I
think I broke some RAM sticks by over-applying the wrong lubricant.
Probably you'd use Stabilant 22 applied very lightly. On RJ45, HDMI,
and USB connections I personally use cheaper lubricants applied more
liberally.


>
>Too many have discovered these facts the hard way.
>
>(Do I speak from experience? Why, yes, I do!)

Yeah, me too. But I've also had hairy, month long intermittents that
turned out to be nothing but fretting corrosion, and over the long haul
I've found that lubrication cuts intermittents a lot more often than it
damages connectors or other electronics. Naturally you make sure your
lubricant doesn't harm plastics.

SteveT

Steve Litt

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