28 Apr
2014
28 Apr
'14
1:37 p.m.
On Apr 28, 2014, at 12:40 , tony duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
IIRC thos cups do come apart. I think you can stretch
the rubber part and
free the lip of the plastic base cover. It's then obvious.
IIRC when I looked at them last, it looked like I could probably pop the contents out of
the cups, but one cup would be trapped on the cable unless I desoldered one end. I was
thinking of maybe popping them out, sealing over sensitive openings like connectors, mic
and speaker with kapton tape, then packing the whole thing in activated carbon for a while
to try to leach out the stink. I'll also try wiping the cups with denatured ethanol. I
tried some isopropanol at work without much effect. I read one anecdote online about
ethanol working better than isopropanol for cleaning up tobacco stank.
Destanking up the original cardboard box may be tougher, and I might just junk it unless
somebody with an insensitive nose wants it. :)
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Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
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