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

[Larry Benko]

WD-40 is not recommended for long term contact with the skin. If you 
actually want the facts rather than just guess what is in WD-40 the MSDS 
is available at http://www.wd40.com/files/pdf/msds-wd494716385.pdf which 
shows the primary ingredient to be Aliphatic Hydrocarbon but the 2nd 
most common ingredient is Petroleum Based OIL (~25%).

Larry, W0QE

Mike wrote:
> Seems to work very well as a mosquito repellent when applied to the skin
> though.
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Fuqua, Bill L
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>
> There is a story being passed around from time to time about all the uses
> for WD-40 claimed by the "NASA inventor". 
> One claim is that it is safe as cooking oil spray because it is made of fish
> oil.  No fish oil, mostly naphtha. It is not safe to ingest this product. 
>
> 73
> Bill wa4lav
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> ________________________________________
> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [amps-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Charles Harpole [k4vud at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:31 AM
> To: amps at contesting.com
> Subject: [Amps] WD-40 is not....
>
> 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
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>> 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
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>> 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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