I had some equipment damaged by a fire in my privite(NOT ACI)lab. Smoke, soot, is very harmful to electronics. I pulled all the electronics from the cases and cleaned the boards to the best of my ability,(defluxing agents) reassembled and then sent out for calibration. Most of the stuff is still working, and holds cal. I did lose a computer hard-drive about 90 days after the fire (obviously I did not take it apart and clean it). It has been three since the fire. I feel your pain. > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Grant Emandien > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 9:09 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] Smoke damage to electronic assemblies > > > 'netters, > > Can anyone offer advice on how to deal with smoke damaged > assemblies wrt possible damage and effects on reliability? > Should it be trashed, cleaned up etc? It appears that there > may not have been any direct exposure to fire or heat but > certainly to smoke. > > TIA > Grant > > > --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/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 -----------------------------------------------------