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"dirty" potentiometers?? (with AKI )

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Ken Layton:

There are several well-known volume control/potentiometer cleaning/lubricating sprays on the market. The one I like to use is "Nu-Trol Control Cleaner" (with lubricant). It is made by MG Chemicals and is catalog number 401B-140g (barcode 779008401149). They can be contacted at 1-800-201-8822 or www.mgchemicals.com

To use, just stick the little red nozzle that comes with the can into the cleaning hole in the pot/volume control and give it a quick tap of a spray. Now turn the control shaft all the way through it's full range back-and-forth several times. Control should now be clean and noise free.

Minwah:

I found my AKI works best with 5k arcade pots, better than 100k gameport-style pots, fwiw.  It could be just co-incidence, I'm not sure...

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