[TenTec] Rigs from smoking environments

[Randy Russe3ll]

Plus the majority of smokers nowdays have to go
outside to smoke anyway.  Which means we need a
service to coat our rigs with that fine patina of
smoke varnish that preserves the rigs.  I dispute the
assertion that it affects relays.  If you need to
clean your relay  contacts, it's most likely because
they were exposed to corrosion.  IMHO,  results may
vary.  73s  Like I say, I personally don't want one
around cats.

--- Ken Brown <ken.d.brown at verizon.net> wrote:

> The priority of reasons I don't want a rig that has
> come from a smoking 
> environment are as follows:
> 
> 1. They often have a terrible stench.
> 
> 2. They often have an unattractive yellow brown
> color.
> 
> 3. The effects of the smoke may cause failures,
> particularly in relay 
> contacts and potentiometers, sooner than if they had
> non been exposed to 
> the smoke.
> 
> Those of you who are habitual smokers can probably
> scratch number one 
> right off the list, because your sense of smell is
> ruined. I think most 
> non-smokers are less concerned about number three
> than the first two.
> 
> DE N6KB
> 
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