2001 7.3 on going electrical issue
#17
I can tell you that at this age, connections are going to be a real issue. A lot of what I do at work to solve electrical issues it to remove and clean components, then hit the contacts with DeOxit and put it all back together. My co-workers tease me about the "Pixie Dust" (DeOxit), but as long as I keep saving the day - they can tease me all they want.
I have saved the company countless tens of thousand of dollars that the vendors would have charged for replacing components - and that doesn't even count the down time I prevented. Case in point - a typical "special" PC for controlling what's called a "stamper" runs about $5,000. I've lost memory on these, graphics, and communications. Spread a little pixie dust and we're back online.
Sometimes just pulling an item and re-inserting it cleans the contacts by a swiping action - but the DeOxit reconditions the contacts and they last much longer. The previous owner of my boat "dumped" it on my lap for a good price because all of the electrical was failing. DeOxit, a wire brush, and some screw turning brought the whole boat back from the brink (that and some damaged breakers from bad contacts). So... I ended up with a nice boat for less than it costs to buy a used car.
I have saved the company countless tens of thousand of dollars that the vendors would have charged for replacing components - and that doesn't even count the down time I prevented. Case in point - a typical "special" PC for controlling what's called a "stamper" runs about $5,000. I've lost memory on these, graphics, and communications. Spread a little pixie dust and we're back online.
Sometimes just pulling an item and re-inserting it cleans the contacts by a swiping action - but the DeOxit reconditions the contacts and they last much longer. The previous owner of my boat "dumped" it on my lap for a good price because all of the electrical was failing. DeOxit, a wire brush, and some screw turning brought the whole boat back from the brink (that and some damaged breakers from bad contacts). So... I ended up with a nice boat for less than it costs to buy a used car.
#18
I used to use DeOxit when rebuilding vintage analog musical mixing boards. The potentiometers would get "noisy", and though it is possible to disassemble and clean them, when you're looking at a 64-channel mixer, that's probably several months of work (likely leading to insanity). Spraying each pot with DeOxit while moving it through its travel, problem solved.
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