10 Jan
2006
10 Jan
'06
4:56 p.m.
On Jan 10 2006, 5:49, William Maddox wrote:
Putting a keyboard in the dishwasher doesn't
strike me as a
particularly
good idea. Unless you disassemble the keyboard
anyway, there will be
water trapped inside that will dry out very slowly.
I would agree. Although I've been known to use the dishwasher for
PCBs, it's only faster than handwashing if you have several to do, and
you do need to make sure you can drain the water and dry the boards
off. Besides, you rarely need to wash a keyboard unless someone has
poured coffee or cola into it. Usually it's only the keytops that need
washed, and the rest wants a brush out. An easy way to wash lots of
keytops is to put them in a pillowcase, make sure the end is well tied,
and put them in a cool wash in the clothes washer. You can tumble dry
them that way too. If it's just one keyboard, it's usually quicker to
just handwash them in a small bowl and dry them with a towel and
perhaps some compressed air, though.
I have an excellent tool for pulling keycaps that came
with a
Northgate
Omnikey keyboard. There are two wire loops attached
to a handle.
I have one of those. Far and away the best tool for the job.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
10 Jan
10 Jan
5:52 p.m.
So is there no consensus on this?
The first few responses were "yeah, I do it all the time!" and now the
thread responses are "I would never do that!" with rejoinders of "Damn
straight, buddy!" (I'm paraphrasing.)
Considering that this advice comes from the "classic computing
knowledge base" it doesn't seem too authoritative if people on this
list simultaneously subscribe to both points of view.
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7:20 p.m.
Richard wrote:
So is there no consensus on this?
The first few responses were "yeah, I do it all the time!" and now the
thread responses are "I would never do that!" with rejoinders of "Damn
straight, buddy!" (I'm paraphrasing.)
Considering that this advice comes from the "classic computing
knowledge base" it doesn't seem too authoritative if people on this
list simultaneously subscribe to both points of view.
Much like the 10-year rule, the only consensus is that we must have
an extended dishwasher thread at least twice a year.
Doc
7:26 p.m.
In article <43C44F46.2010206 at mdrconsult.com>,
Doc Shipley <doc at mdrconsult.com> writes:
Richard wrote:
Well if that's the case, whoever maintains that "knowledge base" should
condense this whole thread into that article instead of just blindly
telling people that they should stick keyboards in dishwashers.
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So is there no consensus on this?
Much like the 10-year rule, the only consensus is that we must have
an extended dishwasher thread at least twice a year. 
9:17 p.m.
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Richard wrote:
So is there no consensus on this?
The first few responses were "yeah, I do it all the time!" and now the
thread responses are "I would never do that!" with rejoinders of "Damn
straight, buddy!" (I'm paraphrasing.)
The bigger problem is whether you should let SWMBO put dishes in your
parts washer.
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