Jim, I know the anti-wd40 folks will scream it won't last and collects dust etc. but I've found it works fine for cleaning switches etc.
Contact cleaner would be the more conventional stuff, but the armeture of the relay may actually be sticking as well as having dirty contacts so WD40 will probably do fine. I assume you can get into the box and actually spray the relay its self. Power off whilst doing it of course Tom Fowle On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 04:31:37PM -0500, jim wrote: > hi, i have a shallow well jet pump in my basement. > the last 2 days the relay has been hanging up. > meaning it runs for a long time but if i tap on the relay box it will shut > off. > or when you run water the pressure will drop to nothing and the pump does not > turn on. > again if i tap on it, it fires right up. > > my question is can i use a little spray like wd40 on it. > i have some other stuff that says it can be used on battery terminals to > prevent corrosion. > so i guess its conductive. > > the last time i had this problem i just put on a new relay box. > but don't have the bucks at the moment and its hard to take a shower and tap > the box grin. > thanks > Jim > in Minnesota. > and no its not frozen yet. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
