pmichelsen
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If it's that big of a deal buy a used one on CL and hook it up in the garage and only use it for arcade shit.
Anybody ever put a PCB in a dishwasher?
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cadillacman
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i have a k7000 board that i need to do a fly on and its nasty dirty..
im gonna give it a try and see how it goes...
the mofo of it for me is that i had a portable dishwasher a few mos ago that i gave away..
hey, anybody ever see those countertop portable dishwashers?????http://www.walmart.com/Danby-Compact-Countertop-EnergyDishwasher/ip/9854464
im gonna give it a try and see how it goes...
the mofo of it for me is that i had a portable dishwasher a few mos ago that i gave away..
hey, anybody ever see those countertop portable dishwashers?????http://www.walmart.com/Danby-Compact-Countertop-EnergyDishwasher/ip/9854464
Spyridon
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Take it over to Mark Speath's and use his dishwasher. Just distract him with some expensive Scotch. 
bit_slicer
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I'm never eating at your house.
There's no need to use the dishwasher. Two minutes with a bucket of warm water, Simple Green or some other mild detergent, and a soft-bristled brush. Rinse with distilled water then shake dry. Set your oven for about 190, let it warm, put the board in and turn the oven OFF. Let the oven cool for a few hours. Done!
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There's no need to use the dishwasher. Two minutes with a bucket of warm water, Simple Green or some other mild detergent, and a soft-bristled brush. Rinse with distilled water then shake dry. Set your oven for about 190, let it warm, put the board in and turn the oven OFF. Let the oven cool for a few hours. Done!
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UnkulBuck
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The Hobart (commercial dishwasher) at my place gets to 180 something degrees. And the water gets changed periodically through the day. I know if I get a gritty glass at the bar or one of the cooks gets a gritty plate the kid rockin the hobart gets a new orifice. And as a general rule the sketchy stuff gets run through at the end of the night and then the dishwasher is broken down and cleaned. When it's put back together it runs a cycle to fill up. While not as fresh as a virgin in refridgerator it is pretty clean.
John I picked up a shift this Sunday morning. If you want to come though around ten we can run your board through. I have no other shifts for the rest of the month so I can avoid any rat hair infested glasses.
John I picked up a shift this Sunday morning. If you want to come though around ten we can run your board through. I have no other shifts for the rest of the month so I can avoid any rat hair infested glasses.
cadillacman
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neato!!!!
just cleaned a filthy k7000 chassis to virgin honeypot new..
ill keep this tricvk for monitore chassis but unless i have a rat piss board like blkdogs i wont be using the dishwasher for socketed pcbs anytime soon and im still not going to clean boards just to make then look prettty.. if they work, ill continue to be happy that they work and leave them alone.
just cleaned a filthy k7000 chassis to virgin honeypot new..
ill keep this tricvk for monitore chassis but unless i have a rat piss board like blkdogs i wont be using the dishwasher for socketed pcbs anytime soon and im still not going to clean boards just to make then look prettty.. if they work, ill continue to be happy that they work and leave them alone.
Bullwinkle
Member
John, My vote is for the local car wash power spray . I looked at that pic..and then looked again... it's disgusting..but I just can't keep from looking!
. I looked at that pic..and then looked again... it's disgusting..but I just can't keep from looking!
saltbreez
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I wash every PCB that passes my way in the dishwasher. Out here, we have snow melt water, very low ion content; I would not try this in Chicago.
My method has evolved, now i start off with 2 cups of vinegar added [I find it improves ram socket reliability] and stop the washer 1/2 way through and add a full load of dish detg.
When I'm done, I run 1 or 2 empty, soapy, hot loads. No worries about heavy metal leaching; we get more from the lead solder in the water pipes.
The rat turds are another story; I refuse to wash my laundry with feces [even my kids] and I won't wash PCB covered with feces in the dishwasher... clean it up first!
Saltbreez
My method has evolved, now i start off with 2 cups of vinegar added [I find it improves ram socket reliability] and stop the washer 1/2 way through and add a full load of dish detg.
When I'm done, I run 1 or 2 empty, soapy, hot loads. No worries about heavy metal leaching; we get more from the lead solder in the water pipes.
The rat turds are another story; I refuse to wash my laundry with feces [even my kids] and I won't wash PCB covered with feces in the dishwasher... clean it up first!
Saltbreez
ajcrm125
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Check your water quality too. (take look at your glasses etc). If the water is hard then I wouldn't put them in there. We had a dedicated dishwasher @ IBM years ago that we used to get all of the water soluble flux off the boards. It ran strictly on distilled water however.
RetroHacker
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I collect old computers and console games too, and I frequently run non-dish things through the dishwasher. Keyboards, plastic housings, and the occasional board. Hehe, one time I had to take the top rack out so I could run an entire monitor housing through. I personally would probably rinse that nasty Domino Man board off with the hose first to get the hair and crud off, but I wouldn't have a problem running it through the dishwasher. Remember, dishwashers get hot enough to sterilize the water, and dish soap is a powerful cleaner. I probably wouldn't do a mixed load with something that nasty either... but once the dishwasher cycle is complete, the dishwasher itself it every bit as clean as your dishes are - so what's the problem?
-Ian
-Ian
Definitely an interesting thread. I'm curious - is there anything in a power supply/brick that needs to be discharged (like a monitor) before handling? I've got a few Ninty cabs that I'm going to be working on soon, and I'd really like to do this to all of them, but outside of discharging the monitor, is there anything else that I need to concern myself with before washing the electronics down with a hose?
Thanks!
Thanks!
RetroHacker
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Well, I'm not familiar with "Ninty" games - but if they're anything like Nintendo games, then I'd suggest NOT washing the switchmode power supply - at least, not without taking it apart first - too much room for water to get trapped inside.
Discharging the monitor before washing is probably a good idea. I typically remove the chassis from the monitor before washing, and do the chassis seperate from the frame/tube. I usually put a square of duct tape over the anode hole to reduce the amount of water that gets in there for easier drying - clean that area manually with alcohol.
Some Nintendo cabinets are particle board - don't hose down a particle board cabinet...
-Ian
OregonPacman
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At first glance, it seems like a really bad idea. As mentioned before, its the electricity part that's bad. As long as there's no power until its absolutely, positively, perfectly dry, there shouldn't be a problem. I have known people to do this and leave them out in the sun to dry. (not sure if that causes problems with the little windows on EPROMS, though.)
