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Default WD-40 to clean electric contacts?

On Monday, May 8, 2017 at 10:48:29 PM UTC-7, Phil Allison wrote:
whit3rd wrote:


ANYTHING to do with "Caig" or "De-Oxit" is a 100% SCAM.


Not true. Caig L260np grease on a sliding connection got me good electrical
contact (about 80 milliohms) for a difficulty with grounding safety on
a product, once.
Their marketing looks like snake oil ... to the best of my knowledge, none of their competition is any better.


** WD 40 does a better and far quicker job, plus penetrates crevices way better. I have some Caig D100L and it is near useless.


Sure, the D100L (red stuff) is a 'cleaner' which dissolves gunk. If you
have enough access to scrub, any cleaner would work as well, I suspect. The grease, though,
and the 'enhancer' products (blue, or gold) that leave a film behind, they work.

The DeoxIT S series is their current name for the worthwhile stuff.