[Elecraft] Broke my K2 :(

John Marvin jm-ec at themarvins.org
Wed Jul 14 19:06:18 EDT 2021


Hopefully this is obvious, but make sure you are using the 90-91% 
isopropyl alcohol, and not the 70% variety. It can still be hard to get 
the 90% variety these days.

73,
John  - AC0ZG

On 7/14/2021 4:41 PM, Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE) wrote:
> Yes Jerry, isopropyl alcohol does this!
> I once cleaned a working print of a GPS receiver with isopropyl 
> alcohol and it stopped working. Letting it be and trying it again next 
> day turned out it worked perfectly again.
>
>  From then on I leave a PCB to rest after cleaning to have the IPA dry 
> out completely...
>
> 73,
> Peter - PA0PJE
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> Op 14-07-2021 om 14:54 schreef jerry:
>> Actually, I suspect that when I scrubbed it with isopropyl alcohol, it
>> shorted out
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