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- From: afarleig@tdsnet.com (AWFarleigh)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: WD-40 fixes my mouse
- Date: 5 Mar 1996 19:55:28 GMT
- Organization: TDS Telecom - Madison, WI
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- John Darrell Kesling (jkesling@shell.portal.com) wrote:
- : OK, before you all think I'm too crazy I'll tell you that I got the
- : idea from a recent thread in one of the amateur radio news groups.
- : It seems that many hams have discovered that you can use WD-40 as a
- : contact cleaner/lubricant. It is used on a regular basis to quiet
- : noisy pots and fix intermittent switches.
- :
- : Anyway, my left mouse button had gotten very bad lately (missing
- <deleted>
- : To my surprise the improvement was very dramatic. It missed one
- : mouse click in the first half hour after I re-assembled the mouse
- : and none since, now that the WD-40 has had time to get to the contacts.
- :
- : I don't have any idea what the long term effects will be on the
- : plastic housing of the switch but after three weeks everything seems
- : fine so far. But use at your own risk. The original thread also
- : cautioned against using other similar penetrating oil/lubricants.
- : So I wouldn't recomend using anything other than WD-40.
- : --
- : --
- : ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- : John Kesling - jkesling@shell.portal.com or jkesling@norden1.com
- : ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- : WA8ZGO - via AX.25 packet radio WA8ZGO@W8HHF.OH.USA
- : ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- :
-
- Keep us posted... FYI: the switches in my A1200 mouse are readily available
- Omron switches and I replaced them for about $1.50 ea.
-
- fred
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