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dthurman
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I was at Radio Shack today, getting some mini slide switches and a volt meter and stumbled on this rather interesting item:
It's a contact cleaner for electrical parts, it's supposed to cut through oxidation and help electrical contacts carry better flow of current. It's like a paint pen. I bought some just to see what it might do, and I am pleased, I can see using it to clean track, running it down one rail at a time then wipe, I am using it to clean the contacts and the wheels of my engines. It did seem to make a difference in how my little MP15's (N scale) ran over turnouts and such. It's not cheap, about $12.00 for a pen, they have a ProSilver for about $9.00, but I figured I may as well go for the gold (pun intended
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Here's alike to the Radio Shack link
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2104729&cp=&kw=progold&parentPage=search
I for some reason am always willing to try stuff like this, in the hopes that maybe that odd item might be the right tool for what I need. You may want to get one, maybe for those odd areas that have poor connectivity to see if it just may cure it.

It's a contact cleaner for electrical parts, it's supposed to cut through oxidation and help electrical contacts carry better flow of current. It's like a paint pen. I bought some just to see what it might do, and I am pleased, I can see using it to clean track, running it down one rail at a time then wipe, I am using it to clean the contacts and the wheels of my engines. It did seem to make a difference in how my little MP15's (N scale) ran over turnouts and such. It's not cheap, about $12.00 for a pen, they have a ProSilver for about $9.00, but I figured I may as well go for the gold (pun intended
Here's alike to the Radio Shack link
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2104729&cp=&kw=progold&parentPage=search
I for some reason am always willing to try stuff like this, in the hopes that maybe that odd item might be the right tool for what I need. You may want to get one, maybe for those odd areas that have poor connectivity to see if it just may cure it.