Defective PCB cleaner cans could inflict eye injury
Reg readers should postpone plans to clean printed circuit boards, after cans of Electrolube were found to have a defect that could see the containers rupture “causing the contents to be ejected at high pressure”. If that happens, the recall notice issued in Australia warns of “serious eye injury” as a possible consequence. …
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oh boy!
Sounds like the perfect Chrismas gift, or at least a close second.
Re: oh boy!
Well, it'd be better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!
...oh, wait...
Safe headline day?
Fixers get immense lube discharge on face, didn't see it coming.
Re: Electrolube?
And why is this kind of stuff often billed as lube when it is normally used as cleaner? Electronics workshops more exciting than they let on? ;)
Re: Electrolube?
It's usually intended to be used on potentiometers and switches, so it is a cleaner (removing the old, dried up no-longer-lubricant), an oxidization remover, and a lubricant.
Yes, I wouldn't use Electrolube as just a cleaner for a PCB, as it would leave behind residue - I'd either use a canned cleaner/solvent only, or just use 90% isopropyl alcohol (preferably NOT the 70% stuff you get in the store, because that other 30% is water. Even the 90% should be kept in a tightly sealed container, as it will absorb water from the air.)
Just wear suitable eye protection
and avoid the hassle of returning it. I doubt that many of the possibly faulty cans are actually going to rupture anyway.
Electrolube is the overall brand name
Apparently they started in the '50s with a switch contact lubricant and have developed other products for the electronics industries since, including various cleaners.
Almost chose pedant icon, went for boffin instead, but who's the guy with the long face, top hat, and sideburns? Is it a UK specific reference?
Re: Electrolube is the overall brand name
Yes, it's a stereotypical English Schoolmaster, from the last century.
The sort that screams "How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat!"
Re: Electrolube is the overall brand name
I've always assumed it was the childcatcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Messy affair
I once had a can (same stuff of a different brand) exploding due to corrosion on the bottom edge of the can (apparently caused by the leaked stuff slowly eating away on the can's paint.) Anyway, the artful pattern on the wallpaper in my living room was a thing to behold.
It happened at night, though, so my eyes are still fine. Anyway, since then I keep that can in a plastc bage when not in use, just to be sure.
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