Folks,
Moving contacts repeatedly is a common practice to clean oxidation off
them, e.g. stereo controls,...
Has anyone tried one of the spray deoxidisers? e.g. DeoxIT D5?
Especially, does it dissolve anything else beside the oxide?
Tom
> Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 08:27:49 -0400
> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] OM-4 Meter Reading
>
> The grease is the type that olympus supplies to me. It is the correct
> type, whatever it is. Application requires enough grease but not too much
> ;-)
>
> John
> - ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Camtech / Olympus Service since 1977
> - --------------------------------------------------------------
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom Curlee <t_curlee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
...
> > >I found the dirty resistor board problem show up in another way in my
> > >4T (which I had not used for awhile). I had the camera set to MANUAL
> > >but
> the
> > >shutter speeds and meter display were still in the AUTOMATIC mode.
> > >After racking the Auto / MAN switch back & forth about 30 times, the
> camera
> > >returned to manual.
> > >
> > >John
> > >----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > John:
> >
> > I assume that the dielectric grease you speak of is the silicone type
> (clear
> > with a very slightly milky haze). What do you clean the resistor board
> with
> > (alcohol)? How much grease is enough, or perhaps, how much is too much?
> I
> > wonder if more grease is better than less, up to a point (don't want
> grease
> > oozing out of the asa mechanism down into the rest of the camera,
> > running off the mirror, etc.)
> >
> > Thanks, Tom
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