[Milsurplus] Disinfecting electronic artifacts

[Clare Owens]

If you mean compressed air, that will not disinfect much of anything, but
could cause a lot of damage if used inexpertly.  It seems to me that what
you need is a vapor disinfection process like is used at ports of
entry/exit to insure that insects are not shipped overseas.  I believe
those facilities can handle large items like your fiberglass container and
its contents.  Another possibility would be an irradiation chamber where
foodstuffs or other materials are sterilized; they can be quite large..

But both of those are unilkely to be available to you.  Why not check with
your nearest large museums (art, history, science) to see what they may
suggest or even have available?

Clare

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Ralph Cameron <ramcam at magma.ca> wrote:

> Our local Cold War museum has a very large loading coil used with a former
> LF antenna but housed in a fiberglass case approx. 7ft high by 6 ft long
> and 5 ft wide.
> The fiberglass hut was hit by lightning at some point and has a foot
> diameter hole in the roof. The coil has been sitting there for about 50n
> years but its not known how long ago the hut was hit.
>
> In order to remove the coil which sits in an abandoned farmer's field it
> is necessary to disinfect it so no insects or bugs are brought into the
> main museum. The coil is wound with Litz wire about 3/16" in dia and
> spacing filled with cotton string. Other than appearing somewhat ragged and
> dusty it doesn't appear contaminated within and creepy crawlies.
>
> Any suggestions for cleaning /sanitizing the coil.  Compressed has been
> suggested. Anyone have experience with same.
> Thanks
>
> Ralph
> VE3BBM
>
> p.s. the coil is about 6 ft high and 3 ft in dia.
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