Board Cleaning Opinions Wanted

From: Richard W. Schauer <rws_at_enteract.com>
Date: Tue May 11 21:31:52 1999

On Mon, 10 May 1999, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> Megan wrote:
> >Allison keeps mentioning putting them in the dishwasher...
> >I'm somewhat hesitant to do so. But she's had good luck
> >with doing it...
> That kind of scares me also. I've had good luck with Mac's with a deep
> sink, mild detergent, and a rather large food dryer.

Why's everybody so afraid of putting PCB's in a dishwasher? At my old job
we used a lemon juice-based flux in the wave solder pot. It was supposed
to be no-clean but it just didn't work that way for the high-impedance
circuits we used. So we went down to the local TV & Appliance store and
got a Frigidare (IIRC- or else a Whirlpool) dishwasher. No soap, hot
wash, no rinse. Open door and let air dry. Worked pretty well except for
non-sealed switches, those sometimes got lime deposits.

Richard Schauer
rws_at_enteract.com
Received on Tue May 11 1999 - 21:31:52 BST