contact lubricant

[Chuck Guzis]

On 11 Aug 2009 at 13:39, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:

> The problem with contact lubricants is that they necessarily have to
> be conductive, so if you get more than a tiny amount on, it's
> game-over. There are lubricants out there that are designed for this
> purpose (such as polyphenyl ethers), but they tend to be used for
> connectors larger than the ones common in computers.  Applying them to
> connectors the size of which are common in computers would be very
> tricky.  Once you get them on there, though, they tend to be very
> resistant to evaporation and migration.

Do you mean that I should throw out my can of GC Tunerlube?

--Chuck