[VHFcontesting] [SPAM] Re: water damage

[WBR/WF4R]

I've had very good success by drying stuff in the oven.  Like what has been said before you want to get the water out as quickly as possible.  Use caution on the temp setting though.  My oven will not even turn on below 175 F.  I've cleaned o'scope plug-ins with the garden hose and then put them in the oven to dry for approximately an hour and they come out working fine. 
    When I was working for the telephone company we had a water main burst in the building and flooded the switching equipment.  We removed power to keep the green foam from ruining too much and then proceeded to dry the equipment out using several hair driers.  If power is off the equipment water does not do much harm.  
73, Bill, WF4R
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: KA2AEV at aol.com 
  To: VHFcontesting at contesting.com 
  Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:48 AM
  Subject: [SPAM] Re: [VHFcontesting] water damage



  Im not so sure about sticking a radio into any type of oven for  drying
  You may be opening yourself up to a bunch of trouble if the heat setting is 
  off, you forget about the radio or any other bunch of senarios occur
  I think Air drying would be the way to go
  Even if it has to sit a few days or a week!
   
  Mike
  KA2AEV
   
   
  In a message dated 10/13/2007 11:41:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
  k3dne at comcast.net writes:

  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


   



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