steventangent Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Hi! I just moved. I hadn't gotten around to putting my stereo receiver on my entertainment center yet, so my wife's cat decided to barf all over inside of it. its dry and should be easy enough to clean out...but I'm not exactly a great with electronics, and I worry that the caps may contain a dangerous charge. any suggestions? Should I just throw it away? The cat, I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyl addict Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 5 hours ago, steventangent said: any suggestions? Should I just throw it away? The cat, I mean. Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenh Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 58 minutes ago, vinyl addict said: Yes In before the fur flying fest vinyl addict 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenh Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 6 hours ago, steventangent said: Hi! I just moved. I hadn't gotten around to putting my stereo receiver on my entertainment center yet, so my wife's cat decided to barf all over inside of it. its dry and should be easy enough to clean out...but I'm not exactly a great with electronics, and I worry that the caps may contain a dangerous charge. any suggestions? Should I just throw it away? The cat, I mean. If the powers been off for an hour then the caps will be fine. The worry will be more that whatever you use to clean it has fully dried and evaporated before you put any power back on it. If it has a reasonable value then time to get the rubber gloves and simple green out but if not well I think you know the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tardcore Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 be sure to clean it out with a good cat skin shammy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGMA_BALLZ Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 8 hours ago, steventangent said: Hi! I just moved. I hadn't gotten around to putting my stereo receiver on my entertainment center yet, so my wife's cat decided to barf all over inside of it. its dry and should be easy enough to clean out...but I'm not exactly a great with electronics, and I worry that the caps may contain a dangerous charge. any suggestions? Should I just throw it away? The cat, I mean. Wow, what a terrible nightmare come to life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freki Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Can borrow my dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 Wow. I shouldn't be on the internet when I'm that sleep deprived. I was just worried that, even after being unplugged for a while, it may not be safe to work on without using a shunt to discharge it. Any suggestions for products to use for cleaning vomit off of a PCB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyl addict Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 (edited) Found these, apparently it's somewhat common. http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/my-cat-threw-up-into-my-receiver.250927/#post-6545222 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/cat-vomit-blows-up-yamaha-rx-471-receiver.275006/page-2#post-7352161 Gotta love the thread title in the second link. Edited August 3, 2016 by vinyl addict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8ight Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Well I don't have any experience cleaning up cat puke other than on my carpet, but if it happened to me I'd start with an electronic cleaner and a small brush. I use MG Superwash, but some 99% ISO alcohol should do the trick if you don't want to wait on shipping (I don't know of any retailers that stock the stuff). I don't know how corrosive cat puke is, but you might need to use some DeoxIt as well. As for the caps, the only guarantee is the to use a voltmeter. If it's been turned off (and unplugged) for a long time, you should be fine, but as I said the only guarantee is to measure them with a meter. You can discharge them with a resistor across the leads. Head over to Radio Shack and find one with a low resistance and high power rating. Maybe a 50 ohm 10W? I just wouldn't go under 1W because it could get hot. You can go higher for the resistance, but it'll just take longer to discharge. All said, you still won't know that the caps are discharged unless you use a voltmeter. vinyl addict 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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