I'll have to try that deoxyd D5 stuff.
I have some spray that I bought from princess auto a while back...it tends 
to scour everything to the point that it'll remove heavy rust and sometimes 
paint too if your not careful.
It also takes any lubricant out of pots or switches and destroys the smooth 
feel of the pot or switch and causes problems later on due to no lubrication 
to the moving contacts.
This deoxyd sounds like it helps to minimize that particular problem.
In fact, I use this contact cleaner spray on rusty nuts and bolts when 
working on my vehicle.  It works rather well and gives PB blaster a run for 
it's money.
Probably similar to the rad shack spray everyone talks about lol.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: Recommendations for a good contact cleaner (was The TS590 Power 
Cable)


> I'll be watching this as well.  Bought some R S spray recently and
> perhaps it is mouthwash - doesn't vlean pots or contacts very well!
> Pat, K9JAUAt 10:40 AM 12/12/2012, you wrote:
>>What are you folks using when you need something to clean scratchy pots
>>and flaky switches?  I used to use something called Kramolin which,
>>unfortunately, is no longer available.  I've been avoiding stuff from RS
>>because, in my experience, it wasn't very effective.  Any help is
>>appreciated.
>>
>>Steve
>>
>>
>>On 12/11/2012 22:24, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:
>> > Don't toss the other power cable out yet.
>> >
>> > As someone suggested, clean both the contacts in the connector at the
>> > end of the cable, as well as those within the fuse blocks, and
>> > whatever connector or wire you have on the power supply end..
>> >
>> > My TS570 went to visit Cliff Holland with that same low output
>> > problem. He went through it, found nothing out of place, then asked me
>> > to check the voltage at the business end of my power cable. It was
>> > 11.7 volts, with 13.7 volts on the power supply terminals.
>> >
>> > The cleaning job, along with a similar treatment for the power supply
>> > terminals just in case, fixed the problem.
>> >
>> > To clean the fuse holders, I removed the fuses, blasted the holders
>> > with canned air, then re-inserted the fuses.
>> >
>> > Either the air, or the physical movement of the fuses did the trick.
>> >
>> > Mike Duke, K5XU
>> > American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
>> >
>> >
>> >