Home made contact cleaner?

kurdtCobain

I fixed my Clone theory today had to cut the transistor and run it directly into a 9v battery.I have it working but the pots need to be cleaned,I went to Radio shack to get contact cleaner and a 4oz can of it is $15 that's way to much for it IMO so,is there any other way I can clean the pots?

gilmourish

Daniel R. said: had to cut the transistor and run it directly into a 9v battery.?

wuttt?

kurdtCobain

Daniel R. said: had to cut the transistor and run it directly into a 9v battery.?

not the trancistor,I can't think of the name of it but it cuts the watage down to 9v.(It's a vintage and has a extention cord on it)

gilmourish

9V = volts nots watts ...

you mean you plugged it in to the fvcking wall?

kurdtCobain

gilmourish said: 9V = volts nots watts ...
you mean you plugged it in to the fvcking wall?

It's one of the ones you have to plug into the wall.The thing that makes the voltage into 9volts is broke so I had to cut the wires and rig it to a 9v battery.

Richie

gilmourish said: 9V = volts nots watts ...
you mean you plugged it in to the fvcking wall?

So... hang on... are you still plugging it into the wall or not?

And does it actually work now?

gilmourish

i think what hes saying is he broke the plug (its old, so must be one with a permenant plug+cable) and therefore rigged the live the neutral to a battery?

you are one fvcked child (P.S any news on your girlfriend?)

kurdtCobain

gilmourish said: i think what hes saying is he broke the plug (its old, so must be one with a permenant plug+cable) and therefore rigged the live the neutral to a battery?
you are one fvcked child (P.S any news on your girlfriend?)

the transformer was broke in it I had to cut the wires from the cable and transformer and rig a battery clip to the wires then put a battery in it it's one of the ones that has to plug into the wall but the transformer is fvcked so I replaced it with a battery.It works now,but the effect(the sound of the chorus not the chorus it's self) is messed up on it and my uncle says it's because the pots need to be cleaned.

gilmourish

not transformer.. plug. you mean the plug.

that shouldn't affect the chorus sound, just a load of noise when you turn the pots (don't know this for sure, someone will know though)

your girl preggers yet?

kurdtCobain

gilmourish said: not transformer.. plug. you mean the plug.
that shouldn't affect the chorus sound, just a load of noise when you turn the pots (don't know this for sure, someone will know though)
your girl preggers yet?

no it's not the plug the transformer is blown I tested it with a volt meter man.

And naw man she's not man.Things got weird and we split a few days ago too.

gilmourish

pedals don't have transformers in them. The only way you could have hooked up a battery is by removing the plug and using those two wires.. which i'm still suprised that it actually worked. 😕

Richie

gilmourish said: pedals don't have transformers in them. The only way you could have hooked up a battery is by removing the plug and using those two wires.. which i'm still suprised that it actually worked. 😕

Actually Henry, 70s Memory Man pedals that had their own lead had a transformer in them (I have seen pics, although they were on ebay and will as such be long gone by now), so it's entirely possible that the Clone Theory did as well. In fact doing a bit of reading it seems they had a transformer and rectifier set up. So I think what he's suggesting he's done is completely removed that and the lead, and just connected a battery clip instead.

I'm actually amazed that's worked. It can't be right though? I would have thought the reason it had its own lead was 'cause it ran at something other than 9 volts. 😕

gilmourish

then how can it workkk? I didn't know they didn't I just assumed he was saying the wrong word for the wrong thing.

kurdtCobain

My uncle said that the cord ran to the transformer which turned 120v to 9v and he said if I just replace it with a battery clip it would work fine and it does the pots need to be cleaned extremely bad though.

Richie

Right. Fair enough. Well, to finally answer your original question, you can't just make contact cleaner, you will need to buy it, because it is essentially conductive synthetic oil.

gilmourish

you only need a little bit though.. so go and buy the smallest radioshack one or whatever..

kurdtCobain

gilmourish said: you only need a little bit though.. so go and buy the smallest radioshack one or whatever..

the smallest can is $15.(note it's only 4.4oz of spray)

Richie

gilmourish said: you only need a little bit though.. so go and buy the smallest radioshack one or whatever..

So pay $15 for it, it's not like it's single use, that can'll last for ages if you use it sparingly, which you should, you need like one tiny squirt per pot.

This is one of those situations where there really isn't an alternative to paying up.

gilmourish

Richie said:
This is one of those situations where there really isn't an alternative to paying up.

this

kurdtCobain

gilmourish said: you only need a little bit though.. so go and buy the smallest radioshack one or whatever..

I would but my mom said that it's to much and she wouldn't give me the money. 😕 I tried to get her to belive that I need it for several pedals but she won't listen 😕 and I have to get the money from her because I'm really broke right now.