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February 3, 2012
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Are there specific instructions for cleaning no-clean circuit boards using IPA? The Assembly Brothers cover the bases.
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This is not so much an assembly question as a repair question. I understand a lot of remote controls use a carbon connector switch. These can get dirty and become intermittent or open all the time. What is the proper way to clean them?

Bill Chase, Starkey Labs., Inc.
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