6 Sep
1998
6 Sep
'98
8:56 a.m.
to plug it in. I started by taking it apart, and
hosing the whole thing
down. Then I took all the boards out, and set them in front of heater/fan
to dry (low power). I did the same to the disk drives, the keyboard, and
the picture tube.
Well water (especially Distilled water) is a great start for this sort of
thing.
However I always rinse the boards thoughly with ethanol (If you can
submerge them for a half hour or so even better), this will displace the
water in all of those hard to get places. After this I would then go
through the drying out process...Oh BTW do this is a well ventilated
area...you can get very drunk from the fumes :-), take note that ethanol
can attack some plastics and may affect some solder masks and screen
printing, so you may want to try iso-propyl alcohol...its less abusive.
Cheers
k.j.whitehead(a)massey.ac.nz
Keith Whitehead
Electronics Technician
Electronics Services
Institute of Fundamental Sciences
Massey University
Palmerston North
New Zealand
5301