Paint remover turpentine Gas = gasoline Ovens all clean now of the goo. But its still off frequency Regards Paul WB8TSL
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Rex <r...@sonic.net> wrote: > I suspect by gas he meant gasoline. > > I don't know about what paint remover he meant but I have another > suggestion that might have worked. For cleaning label gunk off of used test > equipment I have used automotive bug and tar remover. Seems to loosen up > lots of gunk but not so strong it hurts the panel paint and lettering. > > > > On 7/31/2013 1:51 AM, Magnus Danielson wrote: > >> Paul, >> >> gas? What gas? >> >> what soft plastic paint remover? >> >> A little more specifics would help if someone is in the need. >> >> Cheers, >> Magnus >> >> On 20/07/13 23:22, paul swed wrote: >> >>> Hello to the group. >>> As the various posts mention pulling the outer oven and taped wire off >>> is a >>> job. But thats done. >>> The Osc is 45 Hz low hot and 200 Hz low cold. Bobs on target with his >>> comment on what to expect. It does warm up and behave as you might expect >>> but its all relative not exact even according to the 10811 service >>> manual. >>> So it could be off temperature. But very hard to say until I get a >>> thermocouple in there. >>> Will say the various rubbery stuff and shock absorbing stuff left one >>> heck >>> of a gooey mess. >>> Oily sticky stuff.I tried oil, alcohol, turpentine, and finally gas. None >>> really did anything. But what did was a soft plastic paint remover. That >>> peeled the old tape and goo off very nicely. >>> What was left was the true glue and that was removable by gas. >>> It went from a gooey mess that stuck to everything to a pretty clean can. >>> Next I used a small torch one of those small butane refillable units. Had >>> it for years and never really had a use for it till now. I have started >>> the >>> process of opening the can. Thats not complete yet. But I cleaned enough >>> goo off that when I heat things I don't have a smelly smoldering mess. >>> Regards >>> Paul >>> WB8TSL >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Bob Camp<li...@rtty.us> wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>>> >>>> If a 10811 oven is simply not working, the output will be> 400 Hz off >>>> frequency. >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>>> On Jul 19, 2013, at 12:48 PM, ed breya<e...@telight.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Paul, >>>>> >>>>> If the 10811 is that far off, are you sure the oven is working? A few >>>>> >>>> years ago mine had a failure of a particular date code range of the >>>> opamp >>>> that controls the oven, that were prone to failure.at high temperature. >>>> The symptom in the Z3801A was that the outer oven seemed bad - it did >>>> not >>>> turn on, but it was because it was waiting for the inner one to reach >>>> nominal temperature, but it never did. Once you get it all apart, >>>> replacement of the IC is no big deal, but what a PITA to get to it. I >>>> vaguely recall posting the whole story on that website that has big >>>> coverage of the Z3801A - I can't remember the name, since I haven't been >>>> there in a while, but it should be easy to find. The website had all >>>> kinds >>>> of Z3801A info, including a nice writeup on how to take the oven apart, >>>> which is where I started. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ed >>>>> >>>>> > ______________________________**_________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/** > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.