[toshiba tony]

Please don't laugh, we used to refurb 200+ rear projection tvs (crt) a week and I came up with the crazy idea of washing boards in warm soapy water, they got heavily contaminated in coolant from the six inch screens (colour) when a leak took place. Never got a set back with corrosion faults, left to soak overnight. I was a little sceptical with line output stages, up to 30kv but after warming gently for a day or two they were fine. Obviously, signal stages were more tolerant of a touch of damp but as you will know it's fatal in line stages. Even then I had been in the trade many years, (two stations in b\w) had worked on top end gear but I still got laughed at for doing this. Using alcohol always scared me, as the idiots do who sprayed WD40 on anode caps. True, electricity and water do not mix, unless its hydro-electric or me washing boards in the sink, but as always, take care.