17 Nov
2003
17 Nov
'03
5:04 a.m.
Oils in contact cleaner??
Joe
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From: "Pete Turnbull" <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com>
To: <ikvsabre(a)comcast.net>et>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
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Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: ANTS!!!!
On Nov 17, 7:58, Joe Stevenson wrote:
Fly spray shouldn't hurt the board, but I
would spray it down with
contact cleaner.
The biggest worry from ants is the formic acid
they produce.
Hopefully that did not
damage the board.
NOT contact cleaner. Proper contact cleaner contains oils that will
stay behind; fine in minute amounts on your switch contacts, but not in
your ROM sockets, or all over a board where it collects all manner of
airborne crud. Iso-propyl alcohol -- which is the carrier in contact
cleaner -- would be OK, so would ethanol. Neither will do much about
the formic acid; water will be better for that.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York