Contact Cleaning.... How often?

[assessor43]

I have just cleaned all of my connections from tube pins, interconnect, and ac power cords and cartridge leads. It does make a difference. How often do you do it?

 

[Steve Williams]

I've been bad. I usually do mine on "the first of never" but do agree it makes a difference. Did you use Deoxit

 

[RogerD]

I use Deoxit about every 12 to 16 months on speaker connections.

 

[assessor43]

I use Deoxit about every 12 to 16 months on speaker connections.

Yes and no. Did not do speaker cables yet

 

[assessor43]

I've been bad. I usually do mine on "the first of never" but do agree it makes a difference. Did you use Deoxit

Yes

 

[Rocoa]

Every 6 months at least.
Kontak at first and termination with Deoxit pro gold.
The SQ improves, no doubt.

 

[Stacore]

Here is my method which is a pain but I do it only once:

1) Clean the contacts with isoprophanol
2) Polish, whenever possible, with a jewellery polishing paste (grren or white)
3) Clean again with iso to remove the paste leftovers, dry
4) Apply sparsely a dielectric grease (I use silicone-based Dow Corning compound for mil/airplane applications)
5) Connect firmly and try not to disconnect if possible; when disconnecting reapply a bit of the grease before re-connecting

Cheers,

 

[Al M.]

Every 6 months.

First DeOxit D5, then DeOxit G5.

At least, that's what I'm striving for

 

[DaveC]

Every 6 months.

First DeOxit D5, then DeOxit G5.

At least, that's what I'm striving for

I do this, but switched to G100 because G5 gets the stuff everywhere, but G100 is too much imo, so you need to apply it then remove as much as possible with a dry cloth or q-tip.

I think it's enough to apply G5 with a tiny brush, in which case one can is a lifetime supply...

I also use Furutech nano-fluid on terminations inside plugs and on any exposed wire to prevent corrosion, including on cables I build for ZenWave.