Sticky Fingers

Pouring with rain for most of the day so I was pretty much stuck in the house. I’m not saying I was bored but, cleaning the motorbike suddenly seemed an attractive option. That didn’t take too long - not as many flies around last night - but I noticed that the trickle charger, which keeps the battery topped up when I’m not using the bike, was not registering the correct reading.
That proved to be an easy fix - one of the terminals had come loose and just needed fixing back into place - but, whilst doing so, I noticed that the charger and the bracket it lives in had become horrendously sticky. Didn’t stop it working, but it was deeply unpleasant to handle.
I tried using WD-40 first, which made things better but still left some stickiness behind. A second going over with meths helped shift a bit more but it’ll never be perfect. Still, it’s now working properly and is no longer unpleasant to handle so, hopefully, will last for a while longer.
And, by the time I’d finished, it had stopped raining…