On 12/25/02 15:41, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
My understanding that using the pencil eraser was done to clean the contacts, not give it extra conductivity. We used the eraser on boards that were exposed to chemicals that created Silver sulfide deposits blackening the contacts.I stand corrected, however i still think its a bad idea to run an eraser over the contacts, since pencil erasers are no longer pure rubber, but some other composite.
from Net Llama!:[8-<] " Graphite is an insulator, not a conductor. Pencil eraser is also an If we're discussing -electrical- conductivity (there are other kinds:), then, according to http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/elements/graphite/graphite.htm 'Graphite is a good conductor of electricity.'
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