Vintage Synth Repair

On Monday 27 February 2006 02:51 pm, Brian Davies wrote:
> I can help with the battery problem.  Clean up with a solution of
> bicarbonate of soda.  Mix a couple of teaspoons full in a tumbler of warm
> water.  Brush this around the affected area with on old toothbrush - or a
> new one if you don't have an old one!  Then wash off with warm water. 
> Place the PCB and any item that is now wet on a radiator or on top of a
> boiler over night.  This treatment will neutralize the acid of the
> batteries.

Have you actually done this?

The problem with this approach is that the only batteries that contain "acid" 
are lead-acid,  as in car batteries,  gels,  etc. and _not_ the ones that 
would typically have been used in this instrument,  which are more likely to 
contain _alkaline_ of some sort.

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