Remove or seal all components that will retain or be damaged by water and then wash with water or water with a bit of soap/detergent that will not leave a residue. Rinse well with distilled water and drain/shake/blow out. Heat at 140 degrees F. in an oven overnight or longer until all water is driven out of the items. Certain items, like some transformers handle water less well and should be hand cleaned and not soaked, if possible. If they are soaked, they will take much longer to dry and need the high temp to drive the moisture out. We used to wash out (in a dishwasher) some of our old tube style millivoltmeters which had riveted aluminum chassis which were also the ground plane in order to clean them. We removed the tubes, the meter movement, and transformer and I think that was about it... Dan
________________________________ From: Max Sanders [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: CS>cleaning CS electronics OK , this particular incident is not a CS generator issue, but it could be. Plus I nkow there are some generous smart flok here. I have an inverter DC to AC that I have carried around in my vehicle for years and used only occasional, but significantly. This weekend a gallon of spare antifreeze burst and inundated the inverter in a well in the trunk. (I carry preparedness stuff i.e. winter survival stuff for the mountains, tools, air pumps, ice skates). So I tipped it and drained it, took it apart and toweled and blow dryer-ed it dry. It was wet inside everywhere. There are switches and a board in there of course and connections that look stained and gunky from the drenching, and age I suppose. What's the best way to clean and maintain this very useful gadget? and of course CS gadgetsin similar states. Maz ________________________________ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel <http://travel.yahoo.com/hotelsearchpage;_ylc=X3oDMTFtaTIzNXVjBF9TAzk3ND A3NTg5BF9zAzI3MTk0ODEEcG9zAzIEc2VjA21haWx0YWdsaW5lBHNsawNxMS0wNw--> to find your fit.
