Re: "Do not use solvents on electronic equipment"

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:04:42 GMT, Sammy <no-one@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Many instruction booklets for domestic electronic equipment say do
not use cleaning solvents such as alcohol.

Is this advice given simply because they are trying to prevent
possible marking of the plastic casing?

Or can domestic cleaning solvents actually damage the electronics
inside in some way?

The only electronic components I've encountered that are really
sensitive to hydrocarbon solvents are polystyrene capacitors. Just
about anything seems to dissolve them.

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