22 Jun
2016
22 Jun
'16
9:42 a.m.
Well, screen rot. Why didn't you say so in the first place!
The nasty substance that you came into contact with is almost certainly the
decomposed RTV silicone leaking out.
Gross stuff.
On Wednesday, June 22, 2016, william degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:10 AM, tony duell <ard
at p850ug1.demon.co.uk
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wrote:
box,
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Ian Finder
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> I picked up a DEC VR201 display today, it
was leaking a highly
corrosive
brown
liquid. So corrosive it burned my skin painfully / immediately
and
Ouch, in more ways than one. If it attacks your skin like that, I wonder
what
it has done to the insides of the monitor.
I had to wash hands thoroughly. Anyone come
across a display that
leaked a
> corrosive liquid like that? The display was stored in its original so
The screen rot is so bad, I am not sure I even want to mess with it.
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I don't think the brown liquid was from
something stored on top of it,
but
I don't know for sure.
If it does come from inside, just about the only thing it can be is
electrolyte
from one of the capacitors. I'd remove the case [1] and have a look.
Possibly
wearing gloves...
[1] Very easy on the VR201. Extend the 'leg' fully. Put the unit
screen-side
down. Prise (pry) off the circular cap on the back, over the screw. Undo
that
screw (#2 phillips). Slide off the case.
-tony