[Robotgroup] Cleaning up contacts on a Rockman X100?

[brooksdesign]

If it is not too difficult to remove and dissassemble I take them out/appart and clean the contacts with alchohol and or polish the with an eraser.That or just remove the offending switch and extend the wires out an added hole and solder on and newer switch.If your lucky there is enough room to mount it back in the same spot but I've used the Rockman before and know the innards are too tight for anything but the original so you will have to make a little bracket or use that wonderfull universal bracket called "ducktape".
-brooks

-----Original Message-----
>From: Derek Bridges <bridges at ieee.org>
>Sent: Feb 19, 2008 4:58 PM
>To: robotgroup at puremagic.com
>Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Cleaning up contacts on a Rockman X100?
>
>Here we have convergent threads.  The following line is from Charles 
>Wenzel's Weekly Thoughts Archive 
>(http://www.techlib.com/weeklythoughts.htm):
>Power corrupts, or corrodes, in the case of electricity.
>
>I can bring along my old can of Chemtronics Tuner Renu. It seems to be 
>basically a freon based degreaser.  Techspray still makes several 
>varieties of Blue Shower and there are other products out there like 
>Deoxit but I bet the good stuff was Blue Shower 1657, as in "...modeled 
>after the popular Blue Shower 1657, Blue Shower II was developed for 
>general cleaning.."  But nowadays they don't even trust us DIY types 
>with the wimpy modern stuff.    "**In accordance with EPA regulations, 
>this product may only be purchased by dealers and distributors with a 
>valid FIEN, state resale certificate, or local business license."
>
>Which points us toward another of Wenzel's one-liners:
>Those who are willing sacrifice safety to secure liberty usually don't 
>have to.
>
>Vern Graner wrote:
>...
>
>So, the question is, does anyone have any ideas on how to restore the 
>switches to functionality on this vintage unit w/o damaging or 
>destroying it? :)
>
>
>
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