Sensor Cleaning (pots on all our devices) - which type of Contact cleaner?
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Have read many times that a jittery/bad Potentiometer can sometimes be brought back by a liberal spraying of “Electrical Contact Cleaner” to flush out the crap and remove any corrosion. There are many types, but the main two are a base cleaner with no lubricant left behind and a cleaner with a dielectric lubricant. Which one is the best to use? On one hand I would think no lubricant as it could attract more debris, on the other a lubricant to aid in operation and keep moisture/corrosion away would be better. Any opinions?
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)Thanks, I ordered the straight contact cleaner spray (no dielectric) and some compressed air cans, will see what happens!
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Good call in my opinion on the non dielectric cleaner. Dielectric will act as a insulator actually and yes any lubricant will hold dirt and debris though I’m sure if the spray is designed for cleaning pots it’ll be relatively ‘safe’ to use. The best option however would be to just replace the pot though depending on how easy that is to accomplish cleaners make for a quick and easy fix usually. Still, the price of most cleaners is close to or above the price of a replacement pot.
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Deoxit 100. Period.
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No, that’s Deoxit D5. Deoxit100 is pure contact cleaner, no additional lubes or dielectric greases.
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What kind of pots? For the traditional carbon track type, such as the ANT and Range pots in a Cougar, you’ll want a cleaner with lubricant like DeOxit D5. If you clean out the factory lubricant and don’t replace it, it will cause accelerated track wear. The plastic pots might not like lubricant though. CRC makes a QD (“quick drying”) no-residue electronic cleaner, found in hardware and auto parts stores, very effective and much less expensive than anything from Deoxit. But be cautious, they also make one (not “QD”) that will dissolve some plastics.