Gary I have had 2 or 3 clients having problems with LCDs a few months after cleaning, although no one has ever given me an explanation. Just practical experience. In the light of your experience, perhaps I should modify it from "you cannot..." to "be careful and run life tests..." Brian Gary Camac wrote: > > Brian, > > Why do you feel you can't run LCDs through the wash? We have ran LCD displays through the > wave and a soaponified wash for over 15 years here. I don't know of any field reliability > issues on these units. > > I agree with Kelly's last comment on the inhale due to cooling the part too rapidly. This is > the reason I like to see a slight temperature increase in each wet section of my washer. > > Gary Camac > > Phil Nutting wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I don't remember if I posted this question in the past months, but I'll > > repost to get a fresh answer. > > > > Are there any components (pth) that can't be washed in an aqueous system? > > Over the years we've had problems with electrolytics, polystyrene bodied > > caps and small board mount relays. > > > > Does anyone have experience with thermal compound or other thermal > > management materials in aqueous clean? > > > > Oh ya, the system I just installed is a closed loop DI water wash with no > > chemicals. > > > > Phil Nutting > > Manufacturing Engineer > > Kaiser Systems, Inc. > > High Voltage Power Supplies That Work(tm) > > 126 Sohier Road > > Beverly, MA 01915 > > ph: 978-922-9300 > > fx: 978-922-8374 > > [log in to unmask] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > > To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL > > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives > > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------