[LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC

[fons at kokkinizita.net]

On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 09:33:25AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:

> True for the most part, but please do not place the common Freon TF in that 
> category when magnetic media is involved.  15 years ago at the tv station, 
> I got tired of paying for Freon-TF by the gallon, and cleaning the heads on 
> all our VCR's 2-4x daily, and tried cleaning one with paint thinner alcohol 
> from ACE Hardware.  I didn't have to clean it again for a week!  So I 
> switched cleaning agents on the spot.  And it turned out that Freon-TF was 
> also much harder on the elastomer parts like pinch rollers.  I cut the time 
> spent cleaning heads and rollers by 90%.  Roller replacements went way down 
> too.

True. I've never seen Freon being used for head cleaning except on
the old 2" video machines where it coud be sprayed on the moving
tape (even on-air in some cases) just before the rotating head. 

For everything else alcohol was used.

Ciao,


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