The sadly missed Kevin Lightner did electronic music synthesizer repair and
had an interesting technique for cleaning older electronic circuit boards:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwRlZyIG6rg
No chance for oxidation as the boards were dried immediately with compressed
air. An amazing amount of
There are certain things that must be done/considered before
washing old electronics:
1) remember there is lots of lead that might not be wanted in
your dishwasher. If you choose to use the DW, buy a lead
test pen for afterwards.
2) tek always suggested removing the paper insulator tubes f
That clinches it. Brooke's Tek tour reminded me that I have on file a
"Service Scope" from Tek entitled "Washing Your Tektronix Equipment". I can
follow those instructions less the drying for 24 hours in an oven at 125F.
Doing so will probably have me kicked out of the house by the wife. A hair
dry
Hi:
My second oscilloscope was a new Tek 515 which I got for the student price and picked up from the Tek sales office on
San Antonio Rd in Palo Alto. On the tour they showed me the washing booth where they used a water soap solution to
spray wash the complete scope. There were no parts in th
And should you be prepared to remove the pots, you could run it through the
dishwasher ... (if it works for Bob Pease, it works for me too).
Regards,
David Partridge
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If you're talking about washing the board only, I'd say go for it.
Just run the hottest tap water on it, and a little liquid dishwashing
detergent, and scrub it thoroughly with an old toothbrush. Then lots
of rinsing and drying - compressed air can knock out a lot water from
parts that may trap
