Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.apple Subject: Re: Cleaning circuit boards: Summary Message-ID: <4513@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 14:09:14 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.4513 Posted: Mon Oct 22 14:09:14 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 22-Oct-84 14:09:14 EDT References: <247@ssc-bee.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 11 > This may sound a bit odd, but when I was in the military we cleaned boards > with plug-in chips & everything else in place in SOAP & WATER! Has little or > no effect on most things & works well, particularly if used in an ultrasonic > bath. You do have to let it dry thoroughly, though. No "close enough for > government work" attitiude will do. Beware; military hardware tends to use components with much better hermetic sealing than "commercial" grade ICs and such. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry