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Cleaning white powder left behind by leaking batteries
On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:57:52 -0400, Alan Browne
wrote: On 2012.10.22 20:08 , wrote: On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:59:20 -0400, Alan Browne wrote: On 2012.10.21 22:21 , wrote: DON'T use any liquid cleaner to clean up! BZZT: use vinegar to neutralize the alkaline once most of the crud has been removed. It's very dangerous to use liquids on electronics if you aren't prepared to totally open the device if you spill liquid inside. If you can remove all the powder using dry techniques, there is no reason to neutralize what isn't there! Remember, the acid cleaner is just as dangerous as the original chemical spill, even the fumes can corrode. Since I don't know the OP's skill level, but suspect it isn't technician level, I would suggest caution. Wetting a toothbrush with vinegar is not going to result in much moisture in the unit "much" being relative... - but it will neutralize the alkali - which left behind remains corrosive (hint: can't be removed with "dry" techniques unless you remove the metal of the contacts). I'd say if the contacts are that far gone they won't be usable, and need replacing. And after application, appropriate wiping and drying time results in a dry usable unit. I've done this half a dozen times or so. No problems. I did it every day for 10 years or more... but anyway, it depends on the skill of the perpetrator as well as the actual battery compartment. Some, if not most, cameras have a deep recess where it's difficult to get at. Applying liquid with a brush could easily have it run down the wires into the camera, where it ends up no one knows. Unlike the average consumer, I could remove the parts for a more thorough cleaning. I would never tell amateurs to use liquid acid on their cameras! Who knows how sloppy people can be! Anyway, if you can guarantee not to ruin the camera, your method would work. Maybe if you see any holes around the area you could plug them up first. |
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Cleaning white powder left behind by leaking batteries
On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:37:31 -0400, Alan Browne
wrote: On 2012.10.23 20:10 , wrote: more thorough cleaning. I would never tell amateurs to use liquid acid on their cameras! Who knows how sloppy people can be! Vinegar is about 2% acid. Pretty mild. Now I'm curious... did you ever leave batteries too long in a camera? I once made a real mess in an old voltmeter... was SURE I removed the batts! |
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Cleaning white powder left behind by leaking batteries
On 2012.10.24 19:58 , wrote:
On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:37:31 -0400, Alan Browne wrote: On 2012.10.23 20:10 , wrote: more thorough cleaning. I would never tell amateurs to use liquid acid on their cameras! Who knows how sloppy people can be! Vinegar is about 2% acid. Pretty mild. Now I'm curious... did you ever leave batteries too long in a camera? Not in cameras. But that wouldn't change how I cleaned the compartment. I've left them in a variety of widgets from Walkman tape players to other things. But most of the cleaning has been when friends/family did the same and a little TLC (and vinegar) restored the device to full function. Though in that there were a couple unsalvageables (or not worth the bother). I once made a real mess in an old voltmeter... was SURE I removed the batts! I'm bad with that. Usually I remove them after I come across something and then remove the batts. Usually no issue. I haven't had an alkaline burst in years (KOW). BTW: What happened to your worldwide walk in Hudson? -- "There were, unfortunately, no great principles on which parties were divided – politics became a mere struggle for office." -Sir John A. Macdonald |
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Cleaning white powder left behind by leaking batteries
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:15:18 -0400, Alan Browne
wrote: On 2012.10.24 19:58 , wrote: On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:37:31 -0400, Alan Browne wrote: On 2012.10.23 20:10 , wrote: more thorough cleaning. I would never tell amateurs to use liquid acid on their cameras! Who knows how sloppy people can be! Vinegar is about 2% acid. Pretty mild. Now I'm curious... did you ever leave batteries too long in a camera? Not in cameras. But that wouldn't change how I cleaned the compartment. I've left them in a variety of widgets from Walkman tape players to other things. But most of the cleaning has been when friends/family did the same and a little TLC (and vinegar) restored the device to full function. Though in that there were a couple unsalvageables (or not worth the bother). I once made a real mess in an old voltmeter... was SURE I removed the batts! I'm bad with that. Usually I remove them after I come across something and then remove the batts. Usually no issue. I haven't had an alkaline burst in years (KOW). BTW: What happened to your worldwide walk in Hudson? I didn't feel up to going to Hudson... would prefer a closer location, also would really prefer the summertime! You said you might arrange one next year up around Ste Therese or somewhere? That I might go to... my nephew lives up there near the 640 and the 25 I think it is... he's a part time wedding photographer. He might be interested as well... |
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