What happened here?


https://ibb.co/JpGyTwH

This is a Rhodium connector. Pulled the plug out to rewire and this looks like brown dust in one side of the plug. Rust?
tom2015

Showing 1 response by jea48

Kind of looks like maybe some type of contact treatment/enhancer was sprayed into the contact body. Maybe the stuff has gone bad, deteriorated . What piece of equipment was the IEC connector used on? Maybe a power amp? Poor contact pressure will cause heat and maybe heat caused theĀ  contact treatment/enhancer to breakdown causing the discoloration inside the connector body.
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