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Hey friends, I was advised by an electician/musicion friend of mine,that radio shack tv tuner cleaner is not the way to go.Instead use an electrical grade cleaner,I got my can at the local auto parts store and it works wonderfuly.Looping in Ga.,Jeff Duke sr.You can check out my new web page at; http://members.tripod.com/~dukesr/index.html Tom Lambrecht wrote: > >>Return-Path: <lists@slip.net> > >Errors-To: <lists@slip.net> > >From: lwordsman@pirnie.com > >Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 16:31:31 -0500 > >To: Loopers-delight@annihilist.com > >Subject: Noisy Knobs > >Resent-Message-ID: <"3IN44D.A.e-G.2O_s0"@ferret> > >Resent-From: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com > >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com > >X-Mailing-List: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> archive/latest/2165 > >Resent-Sender: SmartList <lists@slip.net> > >Resent-To: hideo@concentric.net > >Resent-Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 13:40:07 -0800 > > > > > > Hey Wordsman (my passion as well :) > > Don't know if anyone got back to you privately or not, but contact >cleaner > helps dissolve the accumulations of goo that develop in old volume >control > pots(variable resistor) and TV tuners--any electronic supply place has it > > It's generally freon or solvent based--you usually need to get at the >guts > of the pot--sometimes with older pots with exposed gutty-wuts, you can >just > pull the knob off, sometimes you need to pull the panel off-- > > Sometimes, you can work the noise out with JUST vigorous knob twiddling > (AAAAOOOOOOHHHHHHH . . . KNOB TWIDDLING . . .) and no cleaner. . . No >luck? > > DON'T get carried away with the contact cleaner--the stuff is bad for the > environment and you and too much may create otherr problems. Spray a >little, > twiddle the knobs (AAAAOOOOOOHHHHHHH . . . KNOB TWIDDLING . . .) see if >the > noise works out > > If this technical stuff stuns you, might I suggest you take it to Radio > Shack, which along with Auto ZOne,is the last bastion of charity service >in > the sordid world of chain store retail ( I regularly see Auto Zone >employees > in St. Louis, a city not known for kind deeds, installing windshield >wiper > blades GRATIS on peoples cars!) It's a crap shoot, but: > > Enter the store wearing kind of a helpless expression--try and find the > fresh, young employee (not burned out yet)--if he is wearing a pocket > protector or has tape on his glasses, even better--and patiently wait in >the que > > wait a second, are you FEMALE . . . strategy is slightly different, but >for > right now, let's assume you are a guy > > Ask the clerk if they have this "switch cleaner stuff that you squirt in >the > amp to clean it"--wait for the horrified look and then after he or she >comes > up with the can, politely ask "so do you squirt it in these holes in the > back or is there a lube fitting somewhere?" > > Unless he's a totally heartless bastard, help is on the way. > > Good luck and drone on~~~~~~Tom > > >Travis Hartnett Wrote: > > > >" I wanted to see if I could squirt some contact cleaner into the >feedback > pot (it makes a horrible loud burst of white noise if it's rotated in the > lower 25% of its range. " > > > >My amp makes terrible noise when I turn the knobs and I was unaware of >any > product that could help reduce that noise. Please tell me more. > > > > > > > > > Tom Lambrecht hideo@concentric.net