Cleaning an amplifier?

[Patthehat033 10+ year member]

Hey I have a T5002 Rockford Fosgate amplifier I just bought off a dude on craigslist and its extemely dirty.

What is the best way to clean the internals of the amplifier?

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[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

soap and water and a clean rag.....

 

[RangerDangerV2 5,000+ posts]

can of pressurized air....

 

[Patthehat033 10+ year member]

The water won't harm any of the internal components? And alright cool I will clean it out with some compressed air.

 

[cyn 10+ year member]

don't do soap and water on the internals... just the externals... compressed air for the insides... qtips with alcahol on it if really gritty on the insides.. just not a whole lot.. but i would stick with the compressed air

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

clean the outside. fuck the inside if it works. that's my 2 pennies

 

[RangerDangerV2 5,000+ posts]

clean the outside. fuck the inside if it works. that's my 2 pennies

just make sure that there is no sawdust, grass, or any other flammable inside of the amp...

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

If its pretty dusty inside, you can use a Swifter Duster and Qtips, and on the outside, as mentioned alcohol and Q-tips/moist rag, and dry rag also to get any grease and grime off of the heat sink.If using compressed air .. be easy.Dont go out to the garage and get the air hose and blow it off,may cause damage.Just get a can that is used for computers.

 

[Fiendstolemyamp 10+ year member]

Canned air and/or a can of aerosol electrical contact cleaner that's made to use on circuit boards.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Soap and water works just fine. It won't hurt anything so long as you let it dry before you power it up again.

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

Soap and water works just fine. It won't hurt anything so long as you let it dry before you power it up again.

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[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

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