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From: snoopy@utflis.UUCP (Snoopy)
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Subject: Re: Replies to"Hitachi super-purecable"
Message-ID: <146@utflis.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 25-May-85 15:04:20 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 25 15:04:20 1985
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> In article <1360@watdcsu.UUCP> herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) writes:
> >In article <661@charm.UUCP> prk@charm.UUCP (Paul Kolodner) writes:
> >>...
> >>ego involvement) is: yes, of course you want gold-plated connectors be-
> >>cause they don't oxidize like nickel!  It's their resistivity which
> >>...
> >...
> >metal contact (more or less) over a fairly wide area, but the metal
> >will be just far enough apart in most cases to allow air in and nickel
> >oxide to form...
> 
> To keep nickel, gold, or anything else from oxidizing, try a little WD-40.
> -- 
> 
> Steve Vance
> {dual,hplabs,intelca,nsc,proper}!qantel!stv
> dual!qantel!stv@berkeley
> Qantel Corporation, Hayward, CA

I personally think WD-40 is super stuff. I was going to rustproof a car
with it...it is the ideal stuff for bicylcle chains as is all petroleum
distillate stuff...but....the military does not used this stuff as
it is known to cause oxidateion (ie rust ). D'ont know where I read
this , but it was dissapointing info.

ray