1958 Sylvania 17"

[Phil Nelson]

I'm a firm disbeliever in the dishwasher treatment. There are some components in old radios and TVs -- coils, potentiometers, etc. -- which were never intended to be submerged in water or run through a dishwasher. I have never met a chassis that I couldn't clean with less harsh methods.

Some people claim to use it with success, but they all seem to live in hot, sunny climates where you can leave the chassis to bake in the sun for three days, or else bake it in an oven.

Just my $0.02.

Phil Nelson

[jeyurkon]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

I'm a firm disbeliever in the dishwasher treatment. There are some components in old radios and TVs -- coils, potentiometers, etc. -- which were never intended to be submerged in water or run through a dishwasher. I have never met a chassis that I couldn't clean with less harsh methods.

Some people claim to use it with success, but they all seem to live in hot, sunny climates where you can leave the chassis to bake in the sun for three days, or else bake it in an oven.

Just my $0.02.

Phil Nelson

I agree with you. I read one account where the individual had a devil of a time figuring out why his radio no longer worked after putting it in the dishwasher when it did before. He checked all the components and they were o.k. He finally discovered the problem was with the IF transformers. They were wound on wooden dowels which had now become conducting.

I don't remember his fix for that. But, he was still happy with the dishwasher treatment. That would have ended it for me. But, I'm not as fussy about appearance.

John Y.