Jim Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:43:00 -0800, Joerg
wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:48:36 -0800, "RST Engineering \(jw\)"
wrote:

And because no alcohol made is purely without water, no matter how high the
proof, it will slowly (perhaps 8 hours, perhaps a day depending on the water
content) come back to life.

You can hasten the process by a slightly elevated temperature, but I'm
loathe to go above 80F on drying any electronic component for fear of
shortening the x axis of the bathtub curve.

Jim
The mouse is behaving quite well now. Since I always have a spare
on-hand I'll think I'll make that a regular cleaning procedure ;-)

The first part of the thread doesn't show on my server. What did you do?
Dunk it in twelve year old Scotch?

I poured denatured alcohol into the battery compartment and it ran out
around the buttons.

After around 8 hours of drying it's working like new.


Hopefully it didn't carry any essential stuff out with it. If it's the
Logitech that I have then at least it doesn't have bearings with grease
in them.

How do you get so much crud into it anyhow? Eating chips while doing CAD?

One thing I did find is that it pays to install better contact switches
into a lot of stuff. I always keep a bunch that have good tactile feel
and are nicely sealed.

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Regards, Joerg

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