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Piotr Makley wrote:
I am in the UK and was wondering if there was any merit in cleaning the brass pins of my three-pin mains plugs. In many cases the pins look tarnished and I must have had some of these plugs for 10 or 20 years. The plugs all seem to work well and they do not heat up. But I thought it would be good practise to sandpaper the pins so they were shiny. Am I wasting my time? Is this for real???? |
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"Black Shuck" wrote in message ... Piotr Makley wrote: I am in the UK and was wondering if there was any merit in cleaning the brass pins of my three-pin mains plugs. In many cases the pins look tarnished and I must have had some of these plugs for 10 or 20 years. The plugs all seem to work well and they do not heat up. But I thought it would be good practise to sandpaper the pins so they were shiny. Am I wasting my time? I recommend sending them all away for a thorough glass bead shotblasting, this will remove any residual surface oxide and then quickly (before they can oxidize over again. est .273 milliseconds) to the Electroplaters for zinc passivation. If the distance from the shotblasters to the electroplaters takes more than .273 milliseconds to traverse, you could try immersing them in Boric acid for the journey. |
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Am I wasting my time? You're looking in the wrong place. Think of all the other connections you're not servicing, like the VGA, USB, KB, mouse, memory and CPU sockets. I'd look into bumping up the gold plating on all these if I were you.. |
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In alt.engineering.electrical Mr Blue Skye wrote:
| | "Black Shuck" wrote in message | ... | Piotr Makley wrote: | | I am in the UK and was wondering if there was any merit in cleaning | the brass pins of my three-pin mains plugs. | | In many cases the pins look tarnished and I must have had some of | these plugs for 10 or 20 years. | | The plugs all seem to work well and they do not heat up. But I | thought it would be good practise to sandpaper the pins so they | were shiny. | | Am I wasting my time? | | I recommend sending them all away for a thorough glass bead shotblasting, | this will remove any residual surface oxide and then quickly (before they | can oxidize over again. est .273 milliseconds) to the Electroplaters for | zinc passivation. If the distance from the shotblasters to the | electroplaters takes more than .273 milliseconds to traverse, you could try | immersing them in Boric acid for the journey. Why not just do it all in a perfect vacuum? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Phil Howard KA9WGN | http://linuxhomepage.com/ http://ham.org/ | | (first name) at ipal.net | http://phil.ipal.org/ http://ka9wgn.ham.org/ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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wrote in message ... In alt.engineering.electrical Mr Blue Skye wrote: | I recommend sending them all away for a thorough glass bead shotblasting, | this will remove any residual surface oxide and then quickly (before they | can oxidize over again. est .273 milliseconds) to the Electroplaters for | zinc passivation. If the distance from the shotblasters to the | electroplaters takes more than .273 milliseconds to traverse, you could try | immersing them in Boric acid for the journey. Why not just do it all in a perfect vacuum? Surely just doing it in pure CO2 would be as good, without having to worry about sealing the room? |
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Piotr Makley wrote:
I am in the UK and was wondering if there was any merit in cleaning the brass pins of my three-pin mains plugs. I'm most unimpressed by the answers Piotr has received to his question. Perhaps the answer seems obvious to most of us, but that's no reason for 95% of replies to be poking fun at him. Tim -- Love is a travelator. |
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Tim Auton wrote:
Piotr Makley wrote: I am in the UK and was wondering if there was any merit in cleaning the brass pins of my three-pin mains plugs. I'm most unimpressed by the answers Piotr has received to his question. Perhaps the answer seems obvious to most of us, but that's no reason for 95% of replies to be poking fun at him. Tim Spoilsport.... |
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On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:18:44 +0100, Piotr Makley
wrote: Am I wasting my time? Yes, 110%. Cheers, Guy ** I may not be perfect, but I'm ** English, and that's the next best thing! |
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On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:05:14 +0100, Malev wrote:
Under the terms of The Clean Pins Act 2003, you are legally obliged to ensure that all 3 pins are exempt of any deposit whatsoever and shine to BS 6907 specifications. Surely, EU regulations take precedence? Cheers, Guy ** I may not be perfect, but I'm ** English, and that's the next best thing! |
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