Arkay
Lunatic Member
Great thread! :thmbsp: Glad it was made a sticky.
If anyone has a large enough food dehydrator (the kind used to make dried fruits and such), it makes a great way to dry off circuit boards. A local Salvation Army had several at a cheap prices a couple of years ago. I got one for food, and one for this kind of use. The biggest PCBs don't always fit in the one I have, but when they do fit, it does a quick and effective job of getting the board really dry (and warm! ). Sometimes I'll "assembly line" the boards, washing several in quick succession and doing a quick partial-dry with the (professional) blow drier before putting them on the trays/racks in the dehumidifier. Then turn it on when the last one goes in. In a short time. the boards are all nicely and COMPLETELY dry. If you want to try this, just make sure the trays are tall enough to handle boards with mounted components: sometimes they are too shallow.
If anyone has a large enough food dehydrator (the kind used to make dried fruits and such), it makes a great way to dry off circuit boards. A local Salvation Army had several at a cheap prices a couple of years ago. I got one for food, and one for this kind of use. The biggest PCBs don't always fit in the one I have, but when they do fit, it does a quick and effective job of getting the board really dry (and warm! ). Sometimes I'll "assembly line" the boards, washing several in quick succession and doing a quick partial-dry with the (professional) blow drier before putting them on the trays/racks in the dehumidifier. Then turn it on when the last one goes in. In a short time. the boards are all nicely and COMPLETELY dry. If you want to try this, just make sure the trays are tall enough to handle boards with mounted components: sometimes they are too shallow.
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