[Boatanchors] Capacitor carnage cleanup

[Mark Foltarz]

Distilled water will not break up organic components - alcohol will.RInse well with more denatured
I have used this technique on my GPT 750. > 2KV  and no "conductive residuals" to deal with
Just my 2 cents

de KA4JVY
Mark





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> From: Francesco Ledda <frledda at att.net>
>To: "jfor at quikus.com" <jfor at quikus.com> 
>Cc: "boatanchors at mailman.qth.net" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; "Wayne Harrah, ke0ms" <pilotguy1050 at yahoo.com> 
>Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 10:26 PM
>Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Capacitor carnage cleanup
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>Alcohol may leave conductive residuals. Distilled water is much better.... Dishwasher works great, when the wife is out shopping!
>
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>On Sep 21, 2012, at 3:51 PM, "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>
>> I doubt alcohol and a Q-Tip will do much.  IMO, you are going to have to
>> wash the thing.
>> 
>> If you've never washed electronics, ASK FIRST or you will destroy the
>> whole radio.
>> 
>> YMMV,
>> 
>> -John
>> 
>> =====================
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Hey Fixer-guys,
>>> 
>>> Its been awile since I have been inside a BA of any type.  Actually this
>>> current project is not on a true BA, but pretty darned close... And I
>>> suspect what I ask and what you will tell me applies to BAs... so I'll
>>> ask.
>>> 
>>> I had an electrolytic cap blow inside of a radio... 315V, 10uF,  looks to
>>> be the filter cap tied to the grid of a 12BY7A driver tube... I discovered
>>> it by accident when opening up the radio to fix an intermittent connection
>>> inside someplace.  I found it by discovering the oooozy-slime all over a
>>> ckt board of trimmer caps and the bottom RF Cage cover.
>>> 
>>> So, what is the best way to get large amounts of this nasty sludge off of
>>> a significant number of components that have been covered/mummified in
>>> this goo for a long time?  I bought the radio from another guy (not on
>>> ebay) and I was never told it had a problem like this.  I have never
>>> transmitted with the radio, so I'm sure it was this way when I got it.
>>> 
>>> Looking for advice.  I have heard using alcohol and qtips are one way...
>>> but that sounds like using a very slow process, like using an eyelash
>>> brush to unearth a triceritops skeleton in South Dakota.
>>> 
>>> Advice appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Wayne, ke0ms
>>> 
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