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contact cleaner on pc board and parts
hello,
have a product contains iso-propyl alcohol, isoButane and N-propane "contact and head cleaner" (radioshack) is this safe to use on the motherBoard expansion slots, memory banks (just spray it into them?) reason i ask is b/c i was told by 1 source not to use directly (or at all) on the board but only on the memory contacts v. sound card contacts. i've heard differently just not sure whether the components are ok to use on the motherboard slots. thank you in advance! |
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contact cleaner on pc board and parts
You should get a proper rated contact cleaner. See your local electronics
parts supplier for a recommendation. There are a number of these on the market. We use Neutrol. We only use it if there is a problem. Avoid getting this on the general components, or on the circuit traces. All liquids, material, and or cleaners have some reactive properties, and when covering sensitive circuits, it may change some characteristics. -- Greetings, Jerry Greenberg GLG Technologies GLG ========================================= WebPage http://www.zoom-one.com Electronics http://www.zoom-one.com/electron.htm ========================================= "Tanya" wrote in message ... hello, have a product contains iso-propyl alcohol, isoButane and N-propane "contact and head cleaner" (radioshack) is this safe to use on the motherBoard expansion slots, memory banks (just spray it into them?) reason i ask is b/c i was told by 1 source not to use directly (or at all) on the board but only on the memory contacts v. sound card contacts. i've heard differently just not sure whether the components are ok to use on the motherboard slots. thank you in advance! |
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contact cleaner on pc board and parts
You should get a proper rated contact cleaner. See your local electronics
parts supplier for a recommendation. There are a number of these on the market. We use Neutrol. We only use it if there is a problem. Avoid getting this on the general components, or on the circuit traces. All liquids, material, and or cleaners have some reactive properties, and when covering sensitive circuits, it may change some characteristics. -- Greetings, Jerry Greenberg GLG Technologies GLG ========================================= WebPage http://www.zoom-one.com Electronics http://www.zoom-one.com/electron.htm ========================================= "Tanya" wrote in message ... hello, have a product contains iso-propyl alcohol, isoButane and N-propane "contact and head cleaner" (radioshack) is this safe to use on the motherBoard expansion slots, memory banks (just spray it into them?) reason i ask is b/c i was told by 1 source not to use directly (or at all) on the board but only on the memory contacts v. sound card contacts. i've heard differently just not sure whether the components are ok to use on the motherboard slots. thank you in advance! |
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contact cleaner on pc board and parts
thanks very much!
sincerely Tanya "Jerry G." wrote: You should get a proper rated contact cleaner. See your local electronics parts supplier for a recommendation. There are a number of these on the market. We use Neutrol. We only use it if there is a problem. Avoid getting this on the general components, or on the circuit traces. All liquids, material, and or cleaners have some reactive properties, and when covering sensitive circuits, it may change some characteristics. -- Greetings, Jerry Greenberg GLG Technologies GLG ========================================= WebPage http://www.zoom-one.com Electronics http://www.zoom-one.com/electron.htm ========================================= "Tanya" wrote in message ... hello, have a product contains iso-propyl alcohol, isoButane and N-propane "contact and head cleaner" (radioshack) is this safe to use on the motherBoard expansion slots, memory banks (just spray it into them?) reason i ask is b/c i was told by 1 source not to use directly (or at all) on the board but only on the memory contacts v. sound card contacts. i've heard differently just not sure whether the components are ok to use on the motherboard slots. thank you in advance! |
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contact cleaner on pc board and parts
thanks very much!
sincerely Tanya "Jerry G." wrote: You should get a proper rated contact cleaner. See your local electronics parts supplier for a recommendation. There are a number of these on the market. We use Neutrol. We only use it if there is a problem. Avoid getting this on the general components, or on the circuit traces. All liquids, material, and or cleaners have some reactive properties, and when covering sensitive circuits, it may change some characteristics. -- Greetings, Jerry Greenberg GLG Technologies GLG ========================================= WebPage http://www.zoom-one.com Electronics http://www.zoom-one.com/electron.htm ========================================= "Tanya" wrote in message ... hello, have a product contains iso-propyl alcohol, isoButane and N-propane "contact and head cleaner" (radioshack) is this safe to use on the motherBoard expansion slots, memory banks (just spray it into them?) reason i ask is b/c i was told by 1 source not to use directly (or at all) on the board but only on the memory contacts v. sound card contacts. i've heard differently just not sure whether the components are ok to use on the motherboard slots. thank you in advance! |
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contact cleaner on pc board and parts
"Jerry G." wrote in message ... You should get a proper rated contact cleaner. See your local electronics parts supplier for a recommendation. There are a number of these on the market. We use Neutrol. We only use it if there is a problem. Avoid getting this on the general components, or on the circuit traces. All liquids, material, and or cleaners have some reactive properties, and when covering sensitive circuits, it may change some characteristics. -- It's a good idea to blow it out with compressed air once you spray the cleaner on, that helps get residue out of nooks and crannies. |
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contact cleaner on pc board and parts
"Jerry G." wrote in message ... You should get a proper rated contact cleaner. See your local electronics parts supplier for a recommendation. There are a number of these on the market. We use Neutrol. We only use it if there is a problem. Avoid getting this on the general components, or on the circuit traces. All liquids, material, and or cleaners have some reactive properties, and when covering sensitive circuits, it may change some characteristics. -- It's a good idea to blow it out with compressed air once you spray the cleaner on, that helps get residue out of nooks and crannies. |
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contact cleaner on pc board and parts
James Sweet wrote:
"Jerry G." wrote in message ... You should get a proper rated contact cleaner. See your local electronics parts supplier for a recommendation. There are a number of these on the market. We use Neutrol. We only use it if there is a problem. Avoid getting this on the general components, or on the circuit traces. All liquids, material, and or cleaners have some reactive properties, and when covering sensitive circuits, it may change some characteristics. -- It's a good idea to blow it out with compressed air once you spray the cleaner on, that helps get residue out of nooks and crannies. thanks for the reply! i didn't mention that on the can of the contact cleaner its uses include memory disks, integrated circuits, printed circuits -- could i assume that this is *safe* to spray into the slots / mem banks??? (it doesn't give any concentration of the *ingredients* nor state that it has other products in it) (i'll use the compressed air thanks for the advice!) sincerely Tanya |
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