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ChronoReverse wrote:Not sure what the mechanism of the oil is for stopping double-clicks. If the micro-switch wasn't registering, I'd assume the oil displaced the dirt or somehow helped dissolve corrosion in the contacts but since it's stopping double-clicks, perhaps it's acting as an "analog debounce"?
onlysublime wrote:Reading this thread earlier, I almost posted something suggesting you spray it into a saucer/cap etc and then use another tool (eyedropper, straw/swizzle with finger over the end aka "bartender taste") to pick up a very small and controllable amount. Oh well.alright, first mistake was thinking I could control the WD40 spray... lots of cleanup afterward...
UberGerbil wrote:onlysublime wrote:Reading this thread earlier, I almost posted something suggesting you spray it into a saucer/cap etc and then use another tool (eyedropper, straw/swizzle with finger over the end aka "bartender taste") to pick up a very small and controllable amount. Oh well.alright, first mistake was thinking I could control the WD40 spray... lots of cleanup afterward...
Wirko wrote:But that's all right 'cause I'm crazy enough to disassemble the switch, clean it and put it back together. Crazy folks have done that before.