> install it. You might want to touch up the center conductor with a
> little abrasive but that's about it.
People ruin a lot of electrical contacts that way, including plugs
and relays.
Never use abrasives on plated parts,ever. It is a prime directive.
Center pins on quality connectors are usually silver plated, leave
them alone. Silver oxide looks ugly but is a good conductor. That's
the main reason silver is used in the first place.
If you are hell-bent on cleaning a contact or connector, use an ink
eraser and dip it in a solvent like toluene. It'll rub the oxide off
without taking off too much material. If it's a flat contact like a
relay, use a piece of clean thick paper like a matchbook cover
soaked in a solvent as a "file" and then blow all the fibers off.
The flashing or plating is usually measured in ten-thousandths of
an inch or less. Once it is gone, you will have problems.
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com
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