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Old 7th Nov 2017, 10:14 pm   #11
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Default Re: Cleaning and repairing a Corroded computer board

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Originally Posted by Bazz4CQJ
Gee, I thought alchemy had passed in to history . As he did say 'water', I think we can be less dramatic.
Water is normally the source of the problem I described, solder turning into something with the consistency of grey granite which WILL NOT MELT no matter how hard you try.

We get a lot of PCBs back which have been used in supposedly watertight cabinets in outdoor locations. Sometimes, the cabinets aren't assembled as 'watertightly' as we would like.
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