I've washed a number of radios that have been flooded, the most successful, with the least amount of trouble, was when Iflooded the radios as soon as possible after the mud and water was introduced. Flushed with lots of clean water, under, in, around,and through, every nook and cranny. Then... left to dry. Here the humidity is rather low, 20 - 30% so the radios stayed out in the sun, brought in every night for a week. Then before power would be applied, a vom to check the transformer for dc shorts, and relube the controls. Then each one powered up with a 60 watt bulb in series with the line.Worked rather well, didn't lose a one, and that same tatic, worked on two Model 19 teletype machines... the relube job was fun tho. (drowned them in 10w oil) they dripped for a week. But worked. In a higher humidity area, sitting them near a heat lamp... may work, if extreme care is used to not over heat. And if you err... make it on the length of time... not the shortness of the drying period. The more if cans, and traps for water, the longer it needs to dry. A certain commercial radio was drowned in sulfuric acid, from a concrete truck, hi power acid, tends to do bad things.... that one took three water baths, ... each one lasting over an hour.all in the same afternoon... had to relocate to move the puddle.... then two weeks of drying time in the sun...and after the pcb traces were repaired it worked too. Good luck, and after you get it all cleaned up... it's nice to have clean equipment.
--... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy > Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:37:06 -0700 > From: alexeyk...@gmail.com > To: k...@swbell.net > CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; ptayl...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3s and P3s Can't Swim > > Lee, > > Out of sheer curiosity, did you mean 150 degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit? (For > the record - 150 F is approximately 65 C, quite normal for electronics. On > the other hand, 150 C is approximately 300 F - a little bit too high, I am > afraid. Not too high to cause the solder to melt, but still too high, > especially to things like TFT monitors or LCD displays.) > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Lee Buller <k...@swbell.net> wrote: > > > > > Well, get the insurance for sure..... > > > > But, I've seen electronics cleaned out with a hose with clean water. Then > > I've > > seen them dried with a hair dryer....or baked slowly in an over at 150 > > degrees..... Then....the worked. > > > > Lee > > K0WA > > > > -- > Alexey Kats (neko) > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
