Re: [RE-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW

2013-08-16 Thread Bill Loesch
-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Date: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 5:39 PM William, I don't have a definitive answer, but I doubt it's either display or chipset; more likely in the boards. The chips are EEPROMs that contain programming

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW

2013-08-16 Thread James Jefferson Jarvis
On 8/16/2013 2:38 AM, Bill Loesch wrote: Dan, et al, Once the board has been cleaned sufficiently that the inverter is no longer operating intermittently and your hope has been realized, when would you apply a field conformal coating? Would you choose/recommend something better than Krylon

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW

2013-08-16 Thread Exeltech
-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Date: Friday, August 16, 2013, 2:38 AM Dan, et al, Once the board has been cleaned sufficiently that the inverter is no longer operating intermittently and your hope has been realized, when would you apply

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW

2013-08-16 Thread RE Ellison
: Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Date: Friday, August 16, 2013, 2:38 AM Dan, et al, Once the board has been cleaned sufficiently that the inverter is no longer operating intermittently and your hope has been realized

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW

2013-08-16 Thread Exeltech
but I'm sure you can come up with alternatives.) Dan On Fri, 8/16/13, jay peltz j...@asis.com wrote: Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Date: Friday, August 16, 2013, 10:39 AM Hi Dan

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW

2013-08-16 Thread Exeltech
: Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Date: Friday, August 16, 2013, 1:48 PM Friends: So I tried the experiment below. The board looked pristine when I set it out in the sun to dry but one hour later it looks terrible

[RE-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW

2013-08-15 Thread William Miller
Friends: I had a mouse take up residency in an SW inverter (SW4024). It peed on the top circuit board and chewed on one wire, at least that we found. We have had this happen before and solved the problem by cleaning and drying. This time the mouse pee was minimal and cleaned off easily and

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW

2013-08-15 Thread Eric . Bentsen
| Address: 250 South Vasco Rd., Livermore, CA 94551 *** Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail From: William Miller will...@millersolar.com To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Date: 08/15/2013 02:37 PM Subject: [RE-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW Sent by: re

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW

2013-08-15 Thread Allan Sindelar
William, I don't have a definitive answer, but I doubt it's either display or chipset; more likely in the boards. The chips are EEPROMs that contain programming for the firmware; unless there's a bad socket connection from the pee, they won't be affected. The

Re: [RE-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW

2013-08-15 Thread Exeltech
one PCB may be affected. And as always .. do so at your own risk. Dan Lepinski Industry Veteran On Thu, 8/15/13, Allan Sindelar al...@positiveenergysolar.com wrote: Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Mouse pee in the SW To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re