re cleaning electronic equipment in article adrian tasman adrian tasman cc utas edu au adrian lewis writes just a quick question what standard lab solvents can be used to clean electronic equipment and components safely ie not corrode dissolve short out etc the equipment water methanol ccl you don t say what kind of electronic equipment you mean it s hard to give a generic answer there is essentially no solvent that won t do things like washing lubricant out of switches when we ve needed to do an emergency cleaning job on things we ve just used distilled water the key thing to remember is to make sure the gear is completely dry before powering it up again we let it dry for several days to be damn sure i doubt that methanol has significant advantages over water i would be very wary of ccl not least because it is dangerous to you even if it s not going to harm the equipment not only is it poisonous but i believe it s now known to be carcinogenic svr resembles a high speed collision henry spencer u of toronto zoology between svr and sunos dick dunn henry zoo toronto edu utzoo henry
