Also FWIW most, or a least some, silicone silence contain fairly high levels
of acetic acid, (that vinegar smell) not a good thing around some electrical
contacts
Dirk Wright wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Chip Stratton wrote:
> >
> > I am wondering if it would be worthwhile to take the
> > top and/or botton plate off for some judicious
> > application of electrical grade silicone to electrical
> > parts that appear to be at risk for continued
> > corrosion, but lack a guide to doing this for the
> > OM4t. Perhaps another outfit would do this for me,
> > with no guarantees of course.
> >
>
> The silicone would be worse than the water dunk. That stuff tends to get
> everywhere. If all the salt water was rinsed off, then there should be no
> further corrosion problems. I'm talking in generalites, since I've never
> repaired cameras. But, I would think that the most important thing would
> be to make sure all the salt is removed, which I assume would require
> complete dissasembly and cleaning. You could call Olympus for advice.
>
> Be Seeing You.
>
> Dirk Wright
>
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