Re: Rép : EDP output farts (knob cleaning)

[a k butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

At 11:35 27/05/2006, you wrote:
>The bottom line was : the only way to *really* clean a pot is to 
>disassemble it and to clean everything, and then to reassemble the 
>potentiometer.
>Everything else only adds physical matter to the equation,

not so,
a good spray with a cleaner can carry dust/dirt right out of a pot.

>and is thus only a temporary solution.

true

>Even if it seems to be a good solution in the short term, in the 
>mid-long term it is not...

a friend of mine was convinced that directing his hairdryer into the 
volume pot of his stereo
would fix the crackle.
He improvised a duct with brown paper tape and blasted the pot for a 
good 10 minutes or so.

...and years later, his stereo was crackle free

andy butler