Altair Turnkey and some DEC stuff cheap
Tothwolf
tothwolf at concentric.net
Sat Apr 11 13:34:43 CDT 2015
On Sat, 11 Apr 2015, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> >> On Thu, 9 Apr 2015, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>
> >> The real problem is that there's 'grup' (a Dave Clark neologism) in
> >> the thin space between the plastic contact pin housing blocks and the
> >> PCB. Needless to say, one can't take the PCB off to get in there...
> >>
> >> So my plan of action is to stick them in water for a couple of days,
> >> and then use a water jet to try and get down in the thin gap between
> >> the contact blocks and the PCB, to clean it out.
>
> Hi, all, thanks for all the suggestions: alas, they won't really help
> with this part of the problem, since the gap between the PCB and the pin
> contact housing blocks is only about 1mm (less in some cases) and
> there's no way I know of to get any kind of effective brush into a gap
> that small.
>
> Maybe something akin to dental floss, but that would be about it.
> (String might be a good idea, it has a rougher surface and might be
> better at removing impacted grime, plus it's wider, so will do more
> width on each pass.)
>
> The Simple Green might be something useful to add to the bath, though. I
> generally use compressed air to dry boards (although I've heard rumours
> of possible static problems from this, I've never had a problem), which
> is easy for me since I have a 5HP compressor in the basement. It mostly
> blows the water (along with any dissolved minerals, although I usually
> try and finish with a douse of distilled) right off the board.
Simple Green will eliminate that...smell ;)
Could you use an aquarium pump and a long airstone / bubbler to help clean
the boards using aeration? Or, maybe get in there with a Waterpik?
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