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I have just had a bonnet alarm switch fail due to the wires into the switch
corroding (going green and breaking). If I solder them back on, how can I
best prevent such corrosion.


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I have just had a bonnet alarm switch fail due to the wires into the switch
corroding (going green and breaking). If I solder them back on, how can I
best prevent such corrosion.



Petroleum jelly.


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I have just had a bonnet alarm switch fail due to the wires into the switch
corroding (going green and breaking). If I solder them back on, how can I
best prevent such corrosion.

You might want to read this as an aside, sorry, it's in Septic ...

http://www.timicom.com/timiNews2.asp?storyID=33


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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember geoff saying
something like:

You might want to read this as an aside, sorry, it's in Septic ...

http://www.timicom.com/timiNews2.asp?storyID=33


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