[Amps] WD-40 is not....

[Charles Harpole]

WD-40 is not a lubricant.  It was invented as a Water Displacement liquid.  It has some minor lubricating properties, but lacks both the staying power of real oil and the more complete handling of friction that oil has.

 

WD-40 is thus an odd product that has, strangely, come to be used, mistakenly, as an oil.  It is virtually useless (compared to oil) in normal ham radio applications.  Strong advertising and the store's stocking of it along with real oil may explain this factor.

 

There!

Charles Harpole k4vud at hotmail.com 

 




 
> From: w8car at buckeye-express.com
> To: k9sd at ezl.com; amps at contesting.com
> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:09:13 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Alpha 76
> 
> Sam, When I first got my 76PA I had the same problem. The amp had been 
> sitting for several years as part of an estate. The light grease that was 
> used to lube the mechanical part of the switch had gummed up. Someone 
> suggested a light application of WD-40 to the mechanism. As I remember I had 
> to do some disassembling of the front panel to get at the switches. That and 
> some working of the switches fixed it-has worked now for 15 years.
> 
> Dan W8CAR
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "k9sd" <k9sd at ezl.com>
> To: <amps at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 2:01 PM
> Subject: [Amps] Alpha 76
> 
> 
> >I have an Alpha 76 ...with two tubes and it's the early version of the 76 
> >which has only one meter on the front..
> >
> >
> > The push buttons on the front which switch the meter functions won't 
> > engage..that is to say when you push in a
> > button it won't stay pushed in?? the buttons are out all the time...I 
> > have tried pushing all combinations of buttons to see
> > if that would help...it didn't
> >
> > I am guessing it's a mechanical problem ???
> >
> >
> > Any comments are welcome...
> >
> >
> > Thanks for reading this
> >
> >
> > 73/Sam K9SD
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