John,
Sorry.
I have seen similar. My elmer (K2CBA) would use a solvent and soap/water to
clean dirty electronics stuff but alow it to dry completely - days worth of
drying or longer (I don't remember if he used an oven or other to aid in the
drying process). I always thought it unusual to see electronic gear waiting to
be washed next to the kitchen sink...
Good luck!
73,
Ed K3DNE
-------------- Original message --------------
From: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
> John, Sorry to hear about your flood.
>
> Re: water damage. Back some years ago, at BNL, I/we used to wash electronic
> equipment, specifically tektronix scopes(tube types & solid state & others)
> in a vented hood with mild detergent/degreaser (Zep) diluted ~10:1 sprayed
> on the guts & exterior followed by a hot water complete rinse. Then put the
> item an a warm ~125 def F oven with an air exhaust to dry for ~24 hrs.
>
> They would come out like brand new. Just avoid over wetting meter faces,
> anything paper (old capacitor tube covers), inked legends on front, and into
> transformer windings. Otherwise the key was to do a clean hot water wash to
> remove any conductive gunk and get it in the vented oven to dry. The key is
> to try to get the stuff washed before corossion sets in - time is the
> killer.
> The military was so impressed with the process, that there was an added spec
> the make equipment washable. Thus, we eventually saw the electrolytic caps
> (and other parts) in equipment covered with plastic tube insulator covers
> instead of paper.
>
> I can't claim any credit for the proceedure - it goes to Frank Rizzo, W2OCM,
> now an Silent Key for developing the method. When I first saw it done, I
> thought he was crazy, but the results were amazing. Especially the really
> dusty inside of equipment would be put through the wash cycle before even
> fixing/calibrating the unit, and in many cases it got "fixed" by removing
> the dirt. Also, nice to work on clean equipment. So, after the insurance co,
> sees your damage, try the wash method to salvage some of what you want to
> try to save, you have nothing to lose.
>
> George, WA2VNV
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John D'Ausilio"
> To: ; "qrp-l@qth.net"
> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 8:45 AM
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] water damage
>
>
> We experienced a flood Thursday night here in southwestern CT ..
> almost 3 feet of water in the basement by the time it stopped rising.
> Unfortunately, just about all of my electronics stuff ended up
> submerged.
>
> I'm assuming I'm going to end up tossing much stuff into the dumpster.
> All of the nice heliax jumpers and other cable assemblies, most of my
> junkbox, computers, test equipment. I'm curious as to whether others
> on the list have had the flooding experience, and what they found they
> were able to rehabilitate. I really don't want to toss the General
> Microwave power meter ..
>
> de w1rt/john
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