How to free up wafer switches?

[Charles W. Morehouse]

Hi Jack,
Have had the same problems. Stuck pots also. WD-40 works great as a lube and contact
cleaner. Try it you'll like it. 73.
Wayne;
W4GBW

Jack Crenshaw wrote:

> Over the last few months, I've bought up a ton of old Heath tube test gear.  Now that
> most items have arrived, I'm discovering that many of the items have rotary wafer
> switches that are either sticking or just plain stuck.  Anybody got any bright ideas for
> how to get them working again?
>
> At least one of the bad switches is in a VOM that prob'ly got connected to line voltage
> while in ohms mode <ugh!>.  That one I can understand. But most of them are in things
> like range switches where there is no appreciable current.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jack
>
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