Comment on Spicy pillow 🧐
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month agoFew drop of 91% isopropyl alcohol all around the edges of the battery and waiting a few minutes helps a lot if you’re afraid of too much heat.
Comment on Spicy pillow 🧐
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month agoFew drop of 91% isopropyl alcohol all around the edges of the battery and waiting a few minutes helps a lot if you’re afraid of too much heat.
Localhorst86@feddit.org 1 month ago
I thought about that, but checking the ifixit guide revealed there are holes spread around the battery tray, I was worried that any isopropyl alcohol I tried to get underneath the battery would just drain through those holes onto other hardware, potentially causing damage.
In hindsight, tough, maybe putting some IPA onto the plastic card I used to insert underneath the battery would have worked well.
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
FYI, it would almost certainly cause no damage. 91% isopropyl alcohol evaporated extremely fast and with no electricity flowing it couldn’t short anything.
Localhorst86@feddit.org 1 month ago
Actually less worried about shorting something, note worried about it damaging some adhesive or protective film, or anything on the screen, really :)
Tingly3771@beehaw.org 1 month ago
IPA is the same thing you’d use to clean the circuitry/hardware so it shouldn’t cause any damage unless it dissolves with the glue and somehow that’s damaging (it shouldn’t be).
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
That’s one of my go to’s when fixing phones. FYI, the plastic playing cards work great for that.