Death by Salt

Conditions at work can be rough…

Severe corrosion of a printed circuit with exposure to shoreline conditions
Severe corrosion of a printed circuit with exposure to shoreline conditions

The printed circuit board in the photograph here came from an industrial label printer, one used to create labels for our product packages. The printer refused to print for no apparent reason, and despite numerous attempts to update or replace printer drivers, using a different computer, and other fiddling it remained stubbornly inoperative.

So we bought a replacemnt and continued shipping product.

The printer sat in my office for a bit, and one quiet afternoon I decided to do a little forensic disassembly, and scrap any useful bits before I tossed the remaing carcass.

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Battery Corrosion Again

Leaking alkaline batteries, the bane of our portable, battery powered existence. All too many times I have found myself repairing electronic devices damage by leaking batteries, or just junking the gear when the damage is too severe.

Corrosion damage in the base section of a Celestron 8SE mount
Corrosion damage in the base section of a Celestron 8SE mount

This time the device in question was just a bit too valuable to dispose of despite fairly extensive damage.

A Celestron Nexstar 8SE telescope.

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