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  • jj5
    New Member
    • Jun 2022
    • 3
    • Australia

    #1

    Cleaning up capacitor leakage

    I'm doing some OGXbox refurbs and the clock capacitors (PowerStor Aerogel) notoriously leak all over the board. I'm not sure what you call the electrolytic fluid which comes out and gets all over the circuit board, but I would like to know the best process for cleaning it up. Should I hit it with vinegar or isopropyl? Or both? Or something else?
  • stj
    Great Sage 齊天大聖
    • Dec 2009
    • 30951
    • Albion

    #2
    Re: Cleaning up capacitor leakage

    just isoprpanol

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    • CapLeaker
      Leaking Member
      • Dec 2014
      • 8036
      • Canada

      #3
      Re: Cleaning up capacitor leakage

      99% IPA or Acetone. Depending on how stubborn it is.

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      • jj5
        New Member
        • Jun 2022
        • 3
        • Australia

        #4
        Re: Cleaning up capacitor leakage

        Okay, thanks!

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        • stj
          Great Sage 齊天大聖
          • Dec 2009
          • 30951
          • Albion

          #5
          Re: Cleaning up capacitor leakage

          be carefull with acetone, you can take the markings off some parts with it

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          • eccerr0r
            Solder Sloth
            • Nov 2012
            • 8680
            • USA

            #6
            Re: Cleaning up capacitor leakage

            Don't forget try clean water too...especially since failed capacitors tend to use aqueous (i.e. water) electrolytes and water will dissolve it once more.

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            • Per Hansson
              Super Moderator
              • Jul 2005
              • 5895
              • Sweden

              #7
              Re: Cleaning up capacitor leakage

              I would recommend cleaning using acetic acid if it leaked on the board.
              Every time I do I can see bubbles and hear fizzing as I put it on the areas with leaked electrolyte, so it does a chemical reaction that much better removes it.
              Of course you need to clean very thoroughly after with IPA as acetic acid will otherwise do damage on its own...

              Here an example of it in action:
              https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...1&postcount=34
              "The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."

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