[Boatanchors] Capacitor carnage cleanup

[J. Forster]

Washing the unit was my suggestion.

-John

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> Alcohol may leave conductive residuals. Distilled water is much better....
> Dishwasher works great, when the wife is out shopping!
>
> Sent from my iPad
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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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