New stuff shouldn't need cleaning anyway, its not sat around in others people's smoke for instance, I hate buying something thats come from a smokers home, yuk.
I've had some rank equipment coated with nicotine, the worst things were ham radio transceivers from a smoker's ham shack. I got a spare Kenwood TS-120S from a smoker and it was the worst I've ever seen. Every board and wire was coated with sticky smoke residue. I literally had to set it outside on a gardening table until I could dose each spare board with alcohol. Even after that, they smelled of nicotine And to think people intentionally suck those fumes into their only set of lungs ... ![Face Palm :palm:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/facepalm.gif)
New stuff shouldn't need cleaning anyway, its not sat around in others people's smoke for instance, I hate buying something thats come from a smokers home, yuk.
Do you really think all those factory workers washed their hands after yesterday's curry took its revenge? At least nicotine kills pretty much anything on contact.
And there you see the main reason why one of the first points in my triage checklist is : Can I put this [Device, Tool, Circuit board] in the dishwasher? How much work to make it safe to do so?
Seriously; I just stripped out and reassembled a whole microwave to do that, because it was a really nice 1100w all Stainless Steel model just caked with stovetop grease. I caught a good mag for it cheap on fleaBay, so glad to upgrade as the membrane keypad on my 15-year-old Sharp had finally degraded to where all that worked was [CLEAR] [START/1 MIN] and [POPCORN].
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Yeah, me and Vincent Price... loving that dishwasher, maybe a little too much.
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