WD40 and electricity

[Gingernutz]

Early morning daft question.......Our bathroom pull light switch is not working every time we pull it. I'm tempted to spray it with WD40 - won't do any harm will it??

[lew600fazer]

if the switch is arcing inside yea it could cause a problem. Maybe isolate the breaker give it a spray a few times and see if any improvement. If it is sticking that badly new switch.

[J_Dub]

Don't do it. Buy a new switch.

[darrsi]

Buy a new bathroom, the missus will be ever so pleased with you. 

[Oldgit]

buy a new house the electrics are knackered

[fazersharp]

New switch needed, I had one like this and after turning off the power I thought "i can fix this" but there is all kinds of springs and leavers and sutff in there which ended up all over the floor and after I found everything and put it back together it wouldnt work at all. It would of been much quicker to just swap it -- so do that.

[esetest]

Replace the switch , just remember to isolate at the breaker first .

[red98]

Yep....new switch time...not expensive and a great prezzie for the mrs......two problems solved 

[YamFazFan]

Just out of interest,is WD-40 a solvent or a lubricant?.It can't be both can it?.

[BIG MAC]

You will find that there's been an arc path in the switch (often caused by kids splashing water in the bathroom above if its a downstairs bog) five minute job to change it

[chaz]

don't DON'T use WD40 on electrics it's a conductor, I put an extention into a leanto thought it would be a good idea to spray the socket to stop the damp, it blew the fuse.

[Fazafou]

WD40 and household electrics - close to being a Darwin award there

[darrsi]

Just to throw a spanner in the works. 

http://wd40specialist.com/products/contact-cleaner/

[dazza]

I say, spray the shit out of it,  get it out of your system, we know you're dying to.  It's alright listening to sound advice but sometimes you've just got to see for yourself.
Oh,  when you're finished, any chance of coming round mine to help me syphon the petrol out my bike with the Hoover. 

[darrsi]

I say, spray the shit out of it,  get it out of your system, we know you're dying to.  It's alright listening to sound advice but sometimes you've just got to see for yourself.
Oh,  when you're finished, any chance of coming round mine to help me syphon the petrol out my bike with the Hoover. 

No need for expensive electrical equipment, a short length of hose pipe, then a large exhale followed by an even bigger inhale using said pipe should more than suffice. 
Probably best to extinguish your cigarette first though. 

[fazersharp]

Im a little worried because since he posted he hasn't come back, hope hes not blown his house up

[Ebme Geek]

I actually know someone who used a lighter to warm up the end of a pipe to put it onto their fuel tap, in pushing it on shook a little bit of fuel out of the valve, then proceeded to warm up the other end to push it onto the carb, yep you've guessed it . . 
Then the first liquid to hand to put out the burning pipe was a can of two stroke oil,
Yep he did  , just the thought makes me cringe, lucky enough I think the flame was by then just licking at the end of the tube and the oil smuthered it, but still ... 

[darrsi]

 

[bigralphie]

Just crack on,as ginger people don't have souls they are in fact non conductive   

[BBROWN1664]

Just to be the awkward git, if its the bathroom switch, keep quite and change it quickly if your able to.

It is meant to be a certified job as its in a bathroom but who gives a foc.

[fazersharp]

I thought that a replacement is ok but not a new fit

[red98]

+1........me too, I thought "like 4 like"was ok too.....

[esetest]

No need to notify Replacement accessories even in special locations . Although if your house burns down , and your asked if you have carried out any electrical work , deny it. 

[BIG MAC]

No need to notify anything really as the tosser they send out wont have a clue what he is looking at