Acoustic Couplers (was: Inter-Listmember Contact Difficulties)

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Sat Apr 6 13:30:29 2002

On 6 Apr 2002, R. D. Davis wrote:
> This reminds me, these acoustic couplers may need some periodic
> maintenance, such as putting some talcum powder on the rubber pieces
> that hold the telephone handset. Some time ago I read about this
> being a good way to preserve the rubber weatherstripping around car
> windows (e.g., the 1970s Fords that didn't have frames around the
> windows), now, I wish that I'd done that years ago. However, I was
> thinking that it would just wash off when it rained and didn't do it,
> and replacement weather seals now appear impossible to find. Now
> then, I suspect that the replacement parts for these acoustic couplers
> would be even more difficult to locate.

In addition to the degeneration of the rubber, are they subject to carbon
granule clumping in the microphone?
Received on Sat Apr 06 2002 - 13:30:29 BST