4.grab some heavy duty industrial degreaser or BBQ grill cleaner
euh...wasn't that BBQ grill cleaner the cause for some trouble?
Regular kitchen degrease cleaner would do for a regular wash
Yes, do take off the knobs and faceplate
4.grab some heavy duty industrial degreaser or BBQ grill cleaner
euh...wasn't that BBQ grill cleaner the cause for some trouble?
how would water enter? unless a large amount it should dry out on its own, as long as you do not run the unit.
Then you can clean the switches (full dismantle) and solder them back on the boards.
The specific Alps switch above is pretty hard to dismantle. I experiences that the red/brown part can’t be separated from the case. What you can do is: take out the 2 bolts so it comes off the chassis. Then bent all 4 metal pins around the white plastic (you’ve only bent two) to the outside. Then take the white plastic top off. Be aware: the spring can shoot out the blue part. Take out the blue part along with copper sliders (don’t lose or bend them!) Then you can inspect the inside for corrosion.
But I didn’t manage to seperate, so for me it was a waste of time at that point. It looked it had no corrosion inside, so I only relubed the copper sliders with fader lube.
The slider switches with the metal cases can be taken apart. Bend away all metal pins and take out the brown/red part.
desoldering the many pins of the open air switches might be really difficult if you have no vacuum desolder gun
Yeah, I wouldn’t even try without a vacuum desoldering gun
I'm in the second big project with this cheap Chinese solder sucker ($125). I bought it a year ago and was planning on buing a Hakko FR300 later, but it's still here. Does exactly what it should do. The Hakko is better in quality I guess, but it costs 3x as much. And this Chinese thing comes with 3 sizes of nozzles, while Hakko gives you one and the rest are optional ($$). You need at least two nozzles, one for regular components and one for larger pins of switches (so you can switches to clean them ).It's becoming clear to me that I'm going to need to invest in one of these de-solder vacuum tools. I guess the Haako FR300 is what everyone is recommending. If you have other recommendations that will last and sufficiently accomplish the task, please share.
Yeah that one is discontinued. The FR300 is the new model.Hakko has an 808 model for a couple of hundred bucks. Unless it’s discontinued, it was about 4 years ago. I’ve used it on my various projects, really happy with it.
- Jeff