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From: Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.repair
Subject: Re: Switch Contacts
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 17:28:09 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:08:10 -0400, legg wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 16:44:47 -0000 (UTC), Nick Hayward
> <nhayward8990@protonmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I have a switch which isn't making electrical contact. It consists of
>>two leaf springs. Dead simple. They're springy enough to push against
>>each other alright. And I've cleaned them with ethanol (didn't work)
>>isopropyl alcohol (didn't work) and Servisol switch cleaning lubricant
>>(didn't work either). I am at a complete loss here. Has anyone come
>>across something like this? I can confidently say I never have!
> 
> Suggest you look for bad contact in nearby detail.
> 
> RL

You mean there may be nothing wrong with the switch itself?