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Re: Tweaked Cooper AC Outlet from Lowes (long)

Posted by Rick B on March 30, 2004 at 18:05:17:
Cool outlet, picked up one today and did the mods tonight...the Lowes I went to had the Eagle version in white and the Cooper one in Beige....glad I looked real close at both, and the IG Hospital Grade ones, to see the difference...the Eagle wouldn't have worked...too bad about the beige...but it will be hidden anyway....
Took the one I got totally apart, cleaned all the brass inner workings in Tarn-X, washed with a strong cleaner (Fantastik), then polished with Maas metal polish, cleaned with the cleaner again, and then treated with DeoxIt...I also cleaned the brass screws and nuts with Tarn-X, washed 'em and sprayed DeoxIt on 'em and let them sit...
Let it all sit while I was fixing dinner, then put together afterwards..
One problem I did have was with the center post shorting out, so I just neatly wrapped the back strip, polyethelene and all, with pink Teflon tape...that took care of that!
Also couldn't find #5 brass wood screws, #6's won't work, so I just drove the rivets back in...they hold well...
I can't wait to get an afternoon to stick this in the system in place of my stock P&S 5262 and see if there's a difference...