Re: Stabilant

[Dave Head <dhead@sundial.sundial.net>]

At 02:34 PM 2/18/97 -0500, you wrote:
 I just treated all my under-hood connections and cleaned all my
>grounds a few weeks back...when the connectors were off I noticed many which
>had very close tolerances where my fears could turn to reality if this were
>indeed the case. Perhaps this "conductivity" is at the molecular level
>between contacts but can't bridge say...across a connector, and if so my
>worries are unfounded...my guess is this must be the case as I can't imagine
>any highly conductive contact cleaner being successful in the
>marketplace...and obviously Stabilant is. Any comments from our esteemed EE
>types? For now I see no reason to switch from Caig Lab products...but am
>always looking for "the best contact cleaners".

The way it works (posted from computer article on the list about 8 months
ago - see archives) is enhancing an electrical connection while exhibiting a
huge resistance over a couple of microns distance. This allows it to be used
in chip sockets, which is why Ned Ritchie loves it... 
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