[jrblasde]

This has actually spun into a more interesting discussion. I’m in the early stages of electrical restoration on a 46-480 chassis, and I know there was evidence of mice having lived in the cabinet. How does anyone generally go about cleaning a chassis like this? I gave mine a pretty good coating of Lysol and let it dry. I figure it’s probably safe to handle after that. Heck, it’s sitting in a spare bedroom on a drafting table right now. I plan to replace the capacitors, resistors, and wiring. I also generally install fresh terminal strips and tube sockets. While the chassis is empty I plan to give it a good cleanup. I usually hit them with a wire wheel on my drill.

I use my radios as daily drivers, and so I really want to make sure to overhaul the equipment which is most likely to get brittle or drift from nominal value.