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[walpurgis]

painting the glass at the top of the valves

Why?

[Barry]

Why?

My thoughts exactly.

[Discopants]

Why?

Not sure, I’m not a valve guy. Much of the uses are reported from users via experimentation. I do know the product is very efficient at transferring heat as well as electricity. Could that help with valves? Maybe there is a damping effect.


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[anthonyTD]

The reasoning behind my post i thought was self explanatory, however; i will spell it out, copperslip, or similar products are very conductive, valve pins have high voltage on them, high voltage can arc between the pins much easier if they have aditional conductive material smeared all over them' and the valve base material itself!
A...

Not sure, I’m not a valve guy. Much of the uses are reported from users via experimentation. I do know the product is very efficient at transferring heat as well as electricity. Could that help with valves? Maybe there is a damping effect.


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[Discopants]

The reasoning behind my post i thought was self explanatory, however; i will spell it out, copperslip, or similar products are very conductive, valve pins have high voltage on them, high voltage can arc between the pins much easier if they have aditional conductive material smeared all over them' and the valve base material itself!
A...

Yeah i heard you the first time.

The instructions are use very sparingly.... only paint the bottom portions of male pins. Never put any paste into female sockets and they also instruct that the material is extremely conductive and has to be used carefully in good light. Clean away excess paste with IPA .They do state that you could cause shorts if you don’t follow these instructions carefully.

I have no valves , i did paste some very small components on a modern solid state board. It was scary... I used clean cotton buds sprayed with wd40 contact cleaner whenever i thought my brush went astray. I went a bit extreme with it, it does carry some risk and you need to be careful. However, there are many much lower risk uses for the product and the results are very good IMO. Without a doubt this isn’t a product for everyone....

The experiences thread i followed very carefully before buying and using, has no mention of anyone damaging their system. There were early comments not to use on valve pins as the results were negative. However the same user did try again with very minimal amounts on tips of the pins and said they got a good result. This was subsequently confirmed by others. My instruction manual does not mention valve pins as a potential use, i see they do now have it as a use on the website though...

Be careful if you want to try it on your systems, and make sure you work disconnected from the mains!


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[Marco]

Yeah i heard you the first time.

Excuse me, Martin. We don't communicate so curtly with each other here. The dismissive way you've just replied to Anthony is rather rude, so kindly be more polite in future when someone [who knows what he's talking about] is just trying to help!

Marco.

[mad-moon]

Woah...steady on there Marco...everybody's firing at him... why why why....and he politely answered he did not know as he wasn't a valve guy, then someone started to spell it out to him....which in itself is a bit on the clever dicky side....and what the hell has copper slip got to do with it...confusing apples with oranges and smearing it all over..this stuff is brushed on extremely sparingly.....as usual....just because the doubters and non believers don't agree...it can't be right.....you all have your six shooters drawn and just keep shooting the guy down.....every bloody time something appears about a mains upgrade be it fuses...cables or any mains products for that matter......it can't be measured...it can't be this and it can't be that...you shouldn't be wasting your money on something that cannot possibly work....

[Discopants]

Thank you Alan.


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[Marco]

Sorry, Alan, none of that excuses the curt way he addressed one of the moderators of this forum, and a very good friend of mine who was only trying to help. I'm focussing *solely* on that response, regardless of what occurred before it, which TBH, I haven't read as the product is of no interest to me.

So, never mind thanking Alan, Martin. I would like you to apologise for being rather rude and promise that you won't do that again. It is not the AoS way.

Marco.

[Pharos]

Copperslip's primary properties are as a lubricant, especially in heated cases like exhaust systems.

I have never hear of WD40 contact cleaner, but the usual wd40 is a water displacer, hence 'wd' and a rather poor lubricant, hence its use for door locks.