Hello,

--- On Fri, 10/23/09, Doug McNutt <[email protected]> wrote:

> The operations I have actually seen used plain old tap
> water but here in Colorado Springs that means treated
> surface water which is really not so high in dissolved
> minerals. Good old ocean salt would be a terrible residue to
> leave. Any humidity in the local atmosphere would make NaCl
> into a conductor.

Ah, "mineral deposits" was the consideration my (tiny little) mind kept dancing 
around, but couldn't quite come to grips with.

It sounds like rinsing circuit boards in tap water may/may not be a good idea, 
depending on the so-called hardness (mineral content) of the local water.  
Thank you for the breakdown.


Best,

James Fraser







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