Re: [TenTec] OT - Desk Microphone Switch Issue

[Carl Moreschi <n4py3@earthlink.net>]

Actually WD-40 is a small variant of diesel fuel.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 6/30/2014 10:43 AM, Duane Calvin wrote:
> Good ol' fish oil - the "secret" ingredient in WD-40.  Or so I hear - maybe
> that's apocraphal?!
>
>         73, Duane
>
> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
> www.ac5aa.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of R. Eric
> Sluder via TenTec
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 9:20 AM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT - Desk Microphone Switch Issue
>
> I'll second that comment.  It "may" work for electronics; though I've not
> had much luck with it, but it'll leave interesting deposits that I've found
> in firearms lubed and cleaned with WD40.  That evidence is enough to prompt
> me to refrain from spraying it on much anything else.
>
> Eric
> W9WLW
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 30, 2014, at 7:00 AM, "Frank"<frankholladay@frontier.com>  wrote:
> >
> > Use care when spraying WD-40!  When it dries, it makes a fine glue.  I
> have made several dollars cleaning Browning semi-auto shotguns the owner had
> sprayed full of WD-40 and  stuck the action.
> > 73,
> > Frank K4VMO
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Carling"<bcarling@cfl.rr.com>
> > To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"<tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 8:06 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT - Desk Microphone Switch Issue
> >
> >
> > > 5 !!
> > >
> > > Spray WD40
> > >
> > > Best regards - Bry Carling
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Jun 29, 2014, at 10:10 PM, K8JHR<jrichards@k8jhr.com>  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I sometimes use a Shure 522 desk microphone with the rig. Unfortunately,
> mine has a squeaky switch - and I have determined it is the switch, itself,
> and not the plastic actuator button, etc.
> > > > So...  should I :
> > > >
> > > > 1)  just live with it applying the old adage: if you fix something long
> enough - eventually you will break it...  or
> > > > 2)  Apply a very small amount of De-Oxit or similar product to lubricate
> it...  or
> > > > 3)  order a new switch and stop being cheap...   or
> > > >
> > > > 4)  Fill in the blank ____________________________  or
> > > >
> > > > 5)  None of the above.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > > --------------------------K8JHR ---------------------
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