Hi Vogons!!
Due to battery corrosion, three pins have been attacked. I sanded with a very small file and it came off. My doubt is that when sanding the protective layer of the pins has been discarded. is there any problem?
Thanks very much!!
The pins are normally solder coated, lack of it will allow for corrosion to happen over time but when will that become a problem I don't know. There's also more corrosion left in the plastic covered parts so it likely will creep up from there again in future. Ideally the sockets are replaced altogether.
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I would spray them with CRC 2-26, or something similar. It's a lubricating contact cleaner, and it acts to prevent resistance caused by oxidation.
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Repo Man11 wrote on 2022-09-09, 02:43:I would spray them with CRC 2-26, or something similar. It's a lubricating contact cleaner, and it acts to prevent resistance caused by oxidation.
Wd-40 also works great on electronics.
Water displacement. (And anti corrosion)
Repo Man11 wrote on 2022-09-09, 02:43:I would spray them with CRC 2-26, or something similar. It's a lubricating contact cleaner, and it acts to prevent resistance caused by oxidation.
There's a CRC product I believe to be even more suitable for that, Oxide Clean & Protect. The main point is that it leaves a thin protective film instead of the oily residue from 2-26, that slows down, or even completely eliminates further corrosion in the dry indoors environment you hopefully keep your retro computers in 😀
No idea why they call it "contact cleaning oil" in the product description though. There's nothing oily with it.
Thank you all very much for the help! I'll try applying the 2-26 oil to the pins carefully.
