At 08:22 AM 10/30/2008, Gran Clark wrote:
>If the pins are silver plated would moth balls be in >order? Remember the moth balls in the Centralab switch boxes to >prevent oxidation? <---I agree with Mike about the contact cleaner - I used to have some issues with one of my MastrII repeater connectors too until I cleaned 'em. Haven't had a problem in many years since. And on a side note - the contacts aren't silver plated, they're nickle plated. If they were silver then oxidation wouldn't be a problem as silver oxide is an excellent conductor of electricity! (why do you think they silver plate high current RF circuits?) Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of repeater controllers and accessories. http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and we offer complete repeater packages! AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 http://www.irlp.net "We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!"
