[Shop-talk] conductive rubber

[David Scheidt]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Peter J. Thomas <pj_thomas at comcast.net>wrote:

> eric at megageek.com wrote:  Electrical engineers use an eraser to clean
> non-gold plated contacts, the eraser will completely remove the gold and
> even copper plating.
>

DEC used to fire FEs that used a pencil eraser to do this.  It's better than
nothing, but a proper cleaner is much better, faster, more reliable, and
generally more likely to work.




>  What would happen if I just put a piece of metal there?
>>
>>
> Don't know, just guessing, but you might get bounces (multiple button
> hits).
>
> Peter Thomas
>
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