Accidental Destruction of Vision Spinner II

[AXIOM_1]

Vodka, everclear.... really strong aclohol content.

 

[edyle]

My apologies, but what is PGA?

pga = pure grade alcohol

 

[Deakula]

Booze

Indeed.

 

[dcfluegel]

lol - I have to chuckle, have not had a drink in 15 years, but recently bought a bottle of pga to clean attys/ coils/ etc with... on the upside, should last me a LONG time...

 

[Deakula]

Vodka, everclear.... really strong aclohol content.

From what I read, Everclear is 95%?? Is that right? I certainly can't find anything like that where I live.

 

[dcfluegel]

high proof vodka should work also - or good moonshine (neutral grain spirits)... might check - liquor store may well stock a PGA of some sort under different label/ name

 

[AXIOM_1]

From what I read, Everclear is 95%?? Is that right? I certainly can't find anything like that where I live.

yeah something like that.......... You can light it on fire and throw it into your gas tank

 

[Susan~S]

My apologies, but what is PGA?

Pure Grain Alcohol.

I will even use vodak.

 

[rurwin]

My guess would be that there was an amount of metal dust on the threads due to the repeated screwing and unscrewing. The oil carried it down to the centre-post where it would short. However that still doesn't explain how the switch was bypassed. It may have complained about a short every time the button was pushed, but it shouldn't have gone into automatic bomb territory. I suppose it can only have been that the oil/metal gunk seeped below the seal, probably damaged by the force used to screw in the atty, and found the circuit board. A single drop is actually quite a lot.

Next time, WD-40 applied with a cotton bud. No free liquid.

Although if threads are that damaged you generally need to either re-cut them or throw them away.

 

[Deakula]

My guess would be that there was an amount of metal dust on the threads due to the repeated screwing and unscrewing. The oil carried it down to the centre-post where it would short. However that still doesn't explain how the switch was bypassed. It may have complained about a short every time the button was pushed, but it shouldn't have gone into automatic bomb territory. I suppose it can only have been that the oil/metal gunk seeped below the seal, probably damaged by the force used to screw in the atty, and found the circuit board. A single drop is actually quite a lot.

Next time, WD-40 applied with a cotton bud. No free liquid.

Although if threads are that damaged you generally need to either re-cut them or throw them away.

I just found it confusing because I watched him do it, and the oil only ever touched the ego threads, never the 510 threads, and didn't run down towards the seem, just stayed in the threads. He's just lucky it didn't blow and take a finger with it.