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Old 03-13-2016, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by funola View Post
Metal polish/ soft cloth? We are dealing with surface corrosion of electrical contacts, not expensive chrome plating. A wire brush is fine. A few swipes till you see shiny metal is all that's needed and won't remove any plating.

This is bad advice for a fuseholder. It will be fine in THIS case, because the strip fuse is a solid tinned socket and screw terminal.

BUT the pop in fuse holder is copper plated STEEL, so sanding or wire brushing is a VERY bad idea!
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