[Amps] Message: Water and Electricity

[Curt Nixon]

Water washing of electronics is standard procedure in most industrial 
electronics shops.

At Tektronix, HP, Military and most large industrial electronics repair 
houses.  We use dish washing machines or even pressure washers for 
cleaning.  Ultrasonics in some cases.

The trick is to know what needs to be protected or removed prior and how 
to properly dry a unit prior to power up.   Any modern surface mount 
board was likely washed in original production.

FWIW,

Curt  KU8L

On 2/14/2021 12:15 PM, Bill Mader wrote:
> While they didn't use bathtubs, the HF shop across the parking lot from our
> VHF/UHF "and more" shop, they did hose down and let air dry KWM-2
> transceivers and accessories at Incirlik AB Turkey.  The gear came from
> remote sites around Turkey without maintainers.  The users didn't care
> about how dirty the gear got, only that it worked.
>
> There was no electricity involved until after gear was thoroughly dry.
> After that, they performed the required periodic maintenance inspections
> (PMI's) to ensure it was ready for future deployment.
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 03:38:03 -0600
> From: Mark - N5OT <r-emails at n5ot.com>
> To: amps at contesting.com
> Subject: [Amps] Water and Electricity
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> Thank you, Kurt.? Brilliant advice/great reminder about dust.? Much
> appreciated.
>
> I grew up on rumors about how the Henry Radio repair shop would take a
> Collins S-Line in for repair, throw it in the bathtub, and take a hose
> to it.? It always amazes me how "we as a society" somehow automatically
> assume water is bad near "electricity" without knowing more of the details.
>
>
> 73, Bill Mader, K8TE
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