Exactly why I said "basicly not conductive". In other words it is a crappy enough conductor to not worry about in most situations. Certainly there are better insulators, but as liguids go distilled water is pretty safe until impurities are added (such as by rinsing stuff). So rinse thoroughly and maybe even repeatedly (with fresh clean water) for some situations.
Almost anything will conduct electricity under some circumstances. One of the other labs where I used to work (Central Research Laboratories at 3M) spent a LOT of time testing materials under different conditions. What qualifies as an adequate conductor or insulator really does depend on your usage and point of view.
On 7/9/07, Matt Graham <danceswithcrows@usa.net> wrote:
From: Dazed_75 <lthielster@gmail.com>
> The key is not having any electrical source connected while doing this,
> being very sure to avoid any residue (hence the distilled water), and a
> THOROUGH drying.
Aye. Worked for me, worked for other people on the list.
> Remember that pure water is basicly not conductive until impurities are
> added.
Nope. H2O is a very weak electrolyte in its pure state, since the KA for
it is 10^-7. Those of you who remember high school chemistry will know
that pH 7 is "neutral", though chem people who need a pH 7 reference use
buffer solutions instead of pure H2O for obvious reasons. Ultrapure H2O
will conduct electricity, just not very well. Despite that, distilled H2O's
chem characteristics are pretty good for cleaning up keyboards, since
isopropanol can dissolve some inks.
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