11 Feb
2003
11 Feb
'03
11:32 p.m.
At 10:14 PM 2/11/03 -0500, you wrote:
Is it small enough to fit in an ultrasonic cleaner?
I'd be REAL carefull of ultrasonic cleaners. I once let a friend of mine in the
USAF take one of my old model airplane ignition engines (a McCoy 48) and try to clean it
in an ultrasonic cleaner. The dammed thing vibrated the engine completely apart losing the
screws and some other small parts down the drain. It also removed the anodizing from the
aluminium castings! A lot of ICs don't have real good seals around their lids and
legs and I think there's a excellant chance that an ultrasonic cleaner would drive
solvent into the IC. Also you'd probaby lose an silkscreen lettering and a GOOD
ultrasonic cleaner may even loosen the copper foil fom the board.
Joe