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From: nick@spider.co.uk (Nick Felisiak)
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Subject: Re: motherboards in the dishwasher?
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Date: 12 May 91 17:41:20 GMT
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In article <1991May7.153627.4590@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu
(Henry Spencer) writes:
>
> [ re cleaning keyboard soaked in soda with water ]
>
>Clean, fresh water is not very corrosive.  It may be worth trying as a
>last resort.  I'd recommend taking the keyboard apart, though, so you can
>rinse the innards directly and so they will dry relatively quickly.  Water
>sitting on the board for a while is bad news.

But don't, as a friend of mine tried, use a hair dryer!  The way he told
it, the keys 'went all funny', and the manufacturing people downstairs
(he worked for a small manufacturer!) couldn't really explain what had
happened!

Nick

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