Be careful of using IPA to clean instruments. I had experienced
pretty much no problems using IPA until I accidentally hit the
leftmost frequency display wheel on my HP 8601A. The IPA dissolved
the white lettering on the wheel.
DaveD
On 10/16/2017 3:24 PM, `Richard Knoppow
dickburk@... [hp_agilent_equipment] wrote:
???
?????? Liquid dishwahing detergent like
Dawn is safe for nearly everything. You have to test
paint. Use a cotton swab somewhere where a mark won't
show. Naphtha is safe for many paints but not all,
isopropyl alcohol is fairly safe. Solvents like acetone,
xylene, etc are almost always going to attack paint. MEK
will attack about everything. Watch out for household
spray cleaners, some seem benign but are not. Again test
in a small place.
?????? Kerosene is a fairly mild solvent and may work on
residue from labels. Its a good degreaser.
>>???
???You have not said what equipment you want to clean.
>> It does make a difference.???
I want to
clean 8350B/83592B sweep source, 8510 Vector Network
Analyzer display and I/F sections, and the
S-Parameter test set, and a 8566B spectrum
analyzer(RF and Display).
The 8510C
panel is plastic, others are not, want to make sure
whatever I use is going to eat the paint.
Thanks,
Calvin
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Richard Knoppow
dickburk@...
WB6KBL
