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- From: ervin@pinbot.enet.dec.com (Joseph James Ervin)
- Subject: Re: My HP got SOAKED!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.144840.11446@engage.pko.dec.com>
- Sender: newsdaemon@engage.pko.dec.com (USENET News Daemon)
- Reply-To: ervin@pinbot.enet.dec.com (Joseph James Ervin)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <1993Jan20.215610.7047@usl.edu> <6673.2b5e5ed9@hayes.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:48:40 GMT
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- In article <6673.2b5e5ed9@hayes.com>, dcommins@hayes.com writes:
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- |>Hope this is quick enough. I've been told the best way to dry electronics
- |>is to soak them in alcohol (the rubbing/denatured variety, not Vodka) by
- |>imersing the entire unit. The alcohol will displace the water and will allow
- |>more thorough drying but you should let it soak several minutes. Of course, you
- |>should removed any power source before doing this. You can use a hair dryer on
- |>LOW after you remove it from the alcohol. Also, to be safe, you might want to
- |>test various parts of the calculator to make sure the alcohol won't effect the
- |>plastic, although it shouldn't. Alcohol shouldn't effect the circuit board
- |>either.
- |>
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- You might look around for an isopropyl alcohol that is a high percentage
- of alcohol. In other words, many isopropyl alcohols that you get in the
- grocery store are only around 70% alocohol and 30% water.
-
- >>>Joe
-