On Jan 20, 2025, Steve Litt wrote:
> terryc said on Sun, 19 Jan 2025 11:32:23 +1100
>
> >Before everyone goes off chasing wobblies, please consider the air you
> >and your devices are in.
> >
> >VOCs = Volatile Organic Compounds are a modern wonder substance and a
> >disaster at the same time.
> >
> >If you and your devices live full time in a basically closed
> >environment, your air will be full of these compounds.
> >
> >You can and should web search the matter before you start adding
> >substances/sources into the mix
>
> It's not like I drink the stuff or smoke the stuff huff the stuff, nor
> spray it around willy nilly. I've been using this stuff fairly
> regularly since 1978, and I'm still here.
>
> >They seem to have an affinity for copper surfaces. e.g contacts, where
> >they can build up and coat the surfaces
>
> Yes, that's the whole point, to coat the copper surface with lubricant
> to prevent fretting corrosion.

What in a PC nowadays is bare copper? I don't think I've seen anything
other than ENIG (or equivalent) in 2 decades ..

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