PAM computer, Convergent?

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Tue Jul 15 08:59:24 1997

> ->On the OUTSIDE, in their scrap yard, is where most of the computer
> ->stuff ends up. I once found a WICAT *and* an EXORCISOR II out
> ->there-- both filled with water. (Sob!).
>
> Heh, I would have used that to get them cheap. Then I'd take them home
> wash them out throughly and disassembled and dried them well. Generally
> water is not that damaging. Just done power them wet.

I would remove anything high-voltage (front end of the power supply) and
BAKE them for quite some time (a day is nice). Water has a way of getting
into windings and comprimising the insulation (remember, in a transformer
the insulation is _thin_ - often paper and painted on varnish).

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Tue Jul 15 1997 - 08:59:24 BST