g2reeves
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Thanks to all for previous advice with my MEP-831A unit issues. While Hurricane Harvey rages outside, I've been tinkering with, and gave up on, my second MEP-831A and started parting it out. I wanted to keep its inverter as a spare for my running unit, but noticed dirt caked around the voltage selector switched and decided to open the case and take a look. It's filthy, full of Afghanistan or Iraqi or maybe just good old west Texas dirt and I'm wondering if there's a safe way to clean all this gunk out. In high school electronics class we had spray cleaner to remove soldering residues and the like and wondering if I can do the same to this. It's been in my house for two years without making power, and who knows with GL before that, so I trust the capacitors will have lost charge by this point. Any thoughts would be appreciated!
![inverter1.jpg inverter1.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/477/477569-788450c20a3e29454ff31ab7e2a6a8d0.jpg)
![inverter2.jpg inverter2.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/477/477570-b68b64be48da106459d9515718797160.jpg)
Thanks to all for previous advice with my MEP-831A unit issues. While Hurricane Harvey rages outside, I've been tinkering with, and gave up on, my second MEP-831A and started parting it out. I wanted to keep its inverter as a spare for my running unit, but noticed dirt caked around the voltage selector switched and decided to open the case and take a look. It's filthy, full of Afghanistan or Iraqi or maybe just good old west Texas dirt and I'm wondering if there's a safe way to clean all this gunk out. In high school electronics class we had spray cleaner to remove soldering residues and the like and wondering if I can do the same to this. It's been in my house for two years without making power, and who knows with GL before that, so I trust the capacitors will have lost charge by this point. Any thoughts would be appreciated!
![inverter1.jpg inverter1.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/477/477569-788450c20a3e29454ff31ab7e2a6a8d0.jpg)
![inverter2.jpg inverter2.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/477/477570-b68b64be48da106459d9515718797160.jpg)