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1. [VHFcontesting] water damage (score: 1)
Author: "John D'Ausilio" <jdausilio@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:45:00 -0400
We experienced a flood Thursday night here in southwestern CT .. almost 3 feet of water in the basement by the time it stopped rising. Unfortunately, just about all of my electronics stuff ended up s
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2007-10/msg00023.html (7,056 bytes)

2. Re: [VHFcontesting] water damage (score: 1)
Author: George Sintchak/WA2VNV <wa2vnv@optonline.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:33:38 -0400
John, Sorry to hear about your flood. Re: water damage. Back some years ago, at BNL, I/we used to wash electronic equipment, specifically tektronix scopes(tube types & solid state & others) in a vent
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2007-10/msg00024.html (9,425 bytes)

3. Re: [VHFcontesting] water damage (score: 1)
Author: k3dne@comcast.net
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:40:52 +0000
John, Sorry. I have seen similar. My elmer (K2CBA) would use a solvent and soap/water to clean dirty electronics stuff but alow it to dry completely - days worth of drying or longer (I don't remember
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2007-10/msg00025.html (11,502 bytes)

4. Re: [VHFcontesting] water damage (score: 1)
Author: KA2AEV@aol.com
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:48:52 EDT
Im not so sure about sticking a radio into any type of oven for drying You may be opening yourself up to a bunch of trouble if the heat setting is off, you forget about the radio or any other bunch o
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2007-10/msg00026.html (7,370 bytes)

5. Re: [VHFcontesting] water damage (score: 1)
Author: "David Olean" <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:35:02 -0000
A real bummer, John. This from a guy who just lost his 30 KW generator, had his house hit by lightning, and then had his two beagles run off and have one of then peppered with buckshot. Back in the l
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2007-10/msg00029.html (9,914 bytes)

6. Re: [VHFcontesting] water damage (score: 1)
Author: Tom Frenaye <frenaye@hughes.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:41:27 -0400
I recall a friend who worked on KC4AAB/mm in Antarctica 30 years ago telling me that he cleaned the Collins KWM-2's on his ship by running them through a dishwasher at the low heat setting. I don't k
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2007-10/msg00030.html (8,061 bytes)

7. Re: [VHFcontesting] water damage (score: 1)
Author: "Rogers, Ron" <RR124640@ncr.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:20:27 -0400
Yes, agreed to all the comments about heat drying, etc. for electronic assemblies. I have had fairly good success with flood recoveries by removing as much of the cabinetry as possible, removing any
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2007-10/msg00031.html (9,784 bytes)

8. Re: [VHFcontesting] water damage (score: 1)
Author: "Buck Calabro" <kc2hiz@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:53:03 -0400
In the days when computers weighed thousands of pounds, my company had a flood that inundated the machine room about 3 feet deep. Silty river water with oil, gasoline and all that sort of stuff that
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2007-10/msg00034.html (9,003 bytes)

9. Re: [VHFcontesting] water damage (score: 1)
Author: "John D'Ausilio" <jdausilio@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:00:58 -0400
Thanks to everyone on both lists for all the fine suggestions .. Luckily the water was virtually silt and dirt free, and the boxes and paper wrapping everything evidently filtered even more. I've got
/archives//html/VHFcontesting/2007-10/msg00035.html (9,114 bytes)


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