Carbon brushes are great! Here's a tip to take them from "great" to GREAT!!!:
While you're brushing, and with your other hand, after licking a fingertip, grab something that's grounded! Too gross? Do this:
Get a couple feet of "probe wire". That's the stuff used on all volt/ohm meters. Finely stranded, VERY flexible, insulated wire, usually red or black for obvious reasons ;-) Crimp or solder a small spade or eyelet lug to each end attaching one end to the metal body of the carbon brush and the other end to any good ground (I use the ground lug of my phono preamp 'cause it's close to the TT.) Now those little carbon fibers can REALLY drain off the static charges!!
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While you're brushing, and with your other hand, after licking a fingertip, grab something that's grounded! Too gross? Do this:
Get a couple feet of "probe wire". That's the stuff used on all volt/ohm meters. Finely stranded, VERY flexible, insulated wire, usually red or black for obvious reasons ;-) Crimp or solder a small spade or eyelet lug to each end attaching one end to the metal body of the carbon brush and the other end to any good ground (I use the ground lug of my phono preamp 'cause it's close to the TT.) Now those little carbon fibers can REALLY drain off the static charges!!
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