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From: fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: motherboards in the dishwasher?
Summary: hahah
Message-ID: <125913@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 9 May 91 04:09:43 GMT
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In article <0094836B.DA657A80@Eagle.oscs.montana.edu> ieeug330@Eagle.oscs.montana.edu (Mark Wistey) writes:
>(From a thread in comp.sys.apple2)
>Someone claimed that the best way to clean a contaminated (e.g. soda pop)
>computer keyboard was to disconnect it and run it under tap water.  I thought
>water was enough of a solvent to cause damage to circuit boards.  Who's right?
>What's the best way to clean a pop-filled keyboard?  (BTW, it's not mine.)
>


	Greetings. Hmmm... whenever I get fix something (old and dusty)
	I take an old toothbrush, a bucket of warm water, and a bar of
	soap and clean the PCB.... Then I put it in such a position that
	2 fans push air over and below the board (drying both sides)

	Hasn't failed me yet: I can see what I'm soldering, the chips
	last longer (wash off the oil and grime), and I can see all the
	solder joints :-)

	By the way, I've done this with motherboards, HV boards, keyboards,
	modems, you name it - NOTE: give the wet thing some time to dry ;-)

	Take care.

	P.S. Not responsible for fools plugging in wet motherboard and
	expecting everything to be "peachy"
-- 
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