Re: [neonixie-l] Cleaning old circuit boards and components without destroying them - what to use?

2021-01-15 Thread Dekatron42
@Pramanicin: I tried Firefox (my first choice), Chrome and lastly Edge as a last resort - the only thing I got to see was the name of the phot included in all three browsers, I closed the browsers and restarted them but nothing showed. Nice that some of you saw the photos, I'll add some more

Re: [neonixie-l] Cleaning old circuit boards and components without destroying them - what to use?

2021-01-15 Thread Yohan Park
I usually start with lukewarm water and dish wash. I don't see the need for distilled water here. Why? Regular water won't harm any plastics, bakelite or circuits... If soapy, lukewarm water still leaves unwanted coloring (tar from cigarettes is very common) I use IPA. If that fails too I, very

Re: [neonixie-l] Cleaning old circuit boards and components without destroying them - what to use?

2021-01-15 Thread Toby Thain
On 2021-01-15 7:07 p.m., Charles MacDonald wrote: > On 2021-01-15 6:58 p.m., Adrian Pardini wrote: >> On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 20:56, Dekatron42 >> wrote: >>> >>> Photos doesn't work in Neonixie-L for me and some other memebers so >>> unfortunately I can't include any just yet (time to move from

Re: [neonixie-l] Cleaning old circuit boards and components without destroying them - what to use?

2021-01-15 Thread Nicholas Stock
@Dekatron42 Which browser are you using? Alas (in my recent experience) a lot of Google's services aren't playing well with Safari or Firefox but appear to work (obviously) well with Chrome. Your photo issue may be browser specific? I can't see any other settings in the group that would change

Re: [neonixie-l] Cleaning old circuit boards and components without destroying them - what to use?

2021-01-15 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 2021-01-15 6:58 p.m., Adrian Pardini wrote: On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 20:56, Dekatron42 wrote: Photos doesn't work in Neonixie-L for me and some other memebers so unfortunately I can't include any just yet (time to move from Google Groups as it is working so poorly since their new design?).

Re: [neonixie-l] Cleaning old circuit boards and components without destroying them - what to use?

2021-01-15 Thread Adrian Pardini
On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 20:56, Dekatron42 wrote: > > Photos doesn't work in Neonixie-L for me and some other memebers so > unfortunately I can't include any just yet (time to move from Google Groups > as it is working so poorly since their new design?). Photos arrived fine here, I really like

[neonixie-l] Cleaning old circuit boards and components without destroying them - what to use?

2021-01-15 Thread Dekatron42
I just acquired a Xerox 3600 Photocopier counter, the semiconductor version of the older Trochotron based 2400 unit - it has similiar/identical function when counting copies made. Now, this unit looks like it has been sitting in a car shop or an old attic/barn for many years. I did clean out a