How should I clean a Pac-Man power supply?

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I have a Pac-Man that sat in water sometime during its life. You can still see some of the white mold in there. It looks like a dried up swamp and smells like my Grandma's house.

I'm comfortable washing a PCB and chassis/tube. However, I'm wondering what the proper method is for cleaning the entire power supply and attached wires.

Can I take the board out with the wires and all and soak the whole thing in simple green? Then hose it off?

Will the 2 bricks survive?

(The machine amazingly works right now, so I'd rather not bork it)

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I take it out. Spray it down liberally with Simple Green. Rub it with a paint brush and rinse it off. Then I leave it in the sun for a day or so.

I also tape off the bricks and paint them flat black. And I replace the fuse holders on the Pac's, Ms. Pacs and Galaga's.
 
I take it out. Spray it down liberally with Simple Green. Rub it with a paint brush and rinse it off. Then I leave it in the sun for a day or so.

I also tape off the bricks and paint them flat black. And I replace the fuse holders on the Pac's, Ms. Pacs and Galaga's.

Perfect! thanks hairazer. Good tip on painting the bricks. And yes, that fuse block has got to go.
 
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