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Switchgear and Xylene?

Switchgear and Xylene?

Switchgear and Xylene?

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Have some folks who would like to use an acetone and xylene based degreaser as an all-purpose switchgear cleaner. Seeing what this stuff can do to plastic makes me believe this is a really bad idea, but I can't find much substantiation against it.

I know alcohol is the industry standard and can find a fair bit of support for that, but I could've sworn I'd seen OEM notes specifically prohibiting using xylene on some medium-voltage insulation.

Anyone familiar with literature to back that up?

RE: Switchgear and Xylene?

Maybe try with hexane, it's way less hard on plastics than acetone, but may have less cleaning power. Alcools (ex: methanol and rubbing alcool) and acetone, if not pure, will contain traces of water.

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