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Topic: Basic Maintenance Question - Cleaning input jacks |
Richard Alderson
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Illinois, USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2022 12:44 pm |
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What is the best recommended method for cleaning input jacks on amplifiers and volume pedals? How often? Any common mistakes to try and avoid? What sort of brushes and cleaning solutions are the most common?
Thanks.
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David Nugent
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Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 6 Feb 2022 2:41 pm
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| I recommend using 'Deoxit' cleaner and LUBE. Spray onto a 1/4" jack and insert and reinsert it three or four times. Sometimes follow up the procedure by inserting a small wire brush and rotating it gently. |
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Tommy Boswell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2022 6:54 am
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I second David's advice.
If you need to go the next step inside an amp, find a post that Ken Fox posted a few years back on how to service old Peavey amps that need both cleaning and re-tensioning the switching jacks. I've lost count of the Peavey amps I have brought back to life following Ken's procedure. |
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Richard Alderson
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2022 7:52 am
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OK - Thanks guys.
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John Larson
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Pennsyltucky, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2022 7:55 am
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Deoxit all the way for any contact cleaning needs. Pots, jacks, etc.
A little goes a long way.
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 7 Feb 2022 11:38 am
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The Deoxit F5 or D5 are very good, but ridiculously expensive, so I reserve them for volume controls and other pots. For switches, relays, and jacks, I use CRC 2-26. It works just as well, and it's less than half the price. One large spray can will last you for years!  |
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Richard Alderson
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 8 Feb 2022 5:57 am
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A rare unanimous vote on forum for Deoxit. Thank you so much !
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Steven Pearce
From:
Port Orchard Washington, USA
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George Biner
From:
Los Angeles, CA
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Posted 9 Feb 2022 4:44 pm
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For input jacks, keep in mind that with very old or high-use jacks, the plating on the contacts might get rubbed off, and then they cannot be deoxed or cleaned, they have to be replaced.
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