Upon the date 09:31 PM 5/11/99 -0500, Richard W. Schauer said something like:
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>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.
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>Why's everybody so afraid of putting PCB's in a dishwasher? At my old job
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Dishwashers are a solution as well as a moderately stiff brush, small pan
of a dish detergent/H2O mixture in a pan in a sink with rinsing done under
a stream of very warm tap water.
The things we must be aware of are the parts which can be hurt by water
intrusion and paper labels. With me, I try to maintain the stick-on labels
even if they are trivial. The obviously important ones are EPROM labels,
board part numbers and suchlike. Careful washing with a brush is best here.
However, unless there's a stuck-on layer of water-soluable glop on the
board, I just use a household vacuum cleaner and a soft 1" wide paint brush
to get dust and loose matter off and simply stay away from hydrous cleaning.
Regards, Chris
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Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA cfandt_at_netsync.net
Member of Antique Wireless Association
URL:
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Received on Wed May 12 1999 - 08:13:56 BST