Dick,
That was possible, and done commonly back in the old days of vacuum tube
gear with open inductors and not too much else to be harmed by the water
(once dried out), it worked just fine as long as lubricants were added
to things like capacitor shafts after the 'washing'.
Today with ICs mounted to PC boards, and shielded inductors and other
components that will not dry out readily, I do not recommend "washing"
the PC boards.
A cleaning with air may be helpful if there is a significant dust
accumulation - I recently did that with my computer and it was
successful - the computer was shutting down due to temperature.
You may have to think of your K3 more like a computer if you consider
the various cleaning methods. Use some common sense. Heat sinks can be
washed if you take care to keep any attached electronics away from the
water - thoughts like that can be beneficial when contemplating a
"cleaning".
73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/27/2016 8:07 PM, Richard Fjeld wrote:
I read about guys whose rigs were flooded a few years back, and they
washed them in water and dried them somehow. Said they worked fine
after that. Hard to imagine though.
Dick, n0ce
On 7/27/2016 1:15 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
My S3-line acquired a chronic case of creeping fungus on the chassis
while packed up and stored in the Philippines for 4 years. Returning
home, I took it to the DIY car wash a couple of times and then dried
it in the sun. Seemed to work really well, except for the fungi
living in the IF cans. YMMV, I won't be doing that to my K3 however.
I'd be real wary of any kind of solvent(s), circuit boards used to be
washed with distilled water, maybe still are. Here in No NV, our
humidity runs in the single digits in the summer, things dry in the
sun very fast.
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