Best way to clean a filthy monitor chassis?

[ELutz]

I only have two issues with the "water" method. First, moisture....you have to dry these suckers....good. In the last five years (or so) I've had to replace countless (alright, probably around 8-10) monitor neck sockets. Everyone exhibited the same symptom.....focus issues. On everyone, I would crack the plastic housing open....corrosion all over the focus assembly's connector and spark gap. I can't stress enough....dry, dry, and dry some more. I do the water method myself.....I just squirt the circuit board down with Mean Green, and garden hose it off. I stopped using the dish washer....and this brings us to the second issue. Heat sink compound and dishwashers do not get along. The hot water and pressure of the spray inside the dishwasher slowly breaks down the silicone compound. It literally dissolves it from under any/all insulators. I've also had it leave a silicone residue all over everything.....the pcb, the insides of my dishwasher, other circuit boards in the wash at the same time. This is why I prefer the garden hose....it's a bit more gentle.

Edward

 

[SuperSprint]

When you wash, use as hot a water as the equipment can tolerate. The parts will get hot and the heat will help evaporate the water. Sheet metal parts will often be completely dry in under a minute. I've never washed electronics, but I use this trick for coin doors, wheels, pedals, etc.

 

[komodo]

Here's how I did a K7000. Please note that you can see the aquadag coming off of the back of the tube where the grounding wire runs across it and from the brush. I don't normally brush the aquadab but wanted to show what would happen if you did. I hope to some day get these posted in a blog describing how to do it. You should be able to figure it out. It is pretty self explanatory. If anyone wants to post these phtos with a description I'll be glad to write the steps down. I just don't have the time or web space to draw it up.

http://picasaweb.google.com/pdkomodo77/WashingAMonitor?feat=directlink