[time-nuts] Up And Running

Pete Lancashire pete at petelancashire.com
Fri Sep 28 22:54:17 UTC 2012


If you don't get all the H20 out, which for the regular Joe is very
hard to do having the small vent hole is the way to go.

If your worried about critter, there are quite a few hole plugs
available just for this purpose.

-pete

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Lester Veenstra <Lester at veenstras.com> wrote:
> The secret is to keep your equipment warm(er), then when the trapped humid
> air condenses, it condenses on a colder surface, hopefully eventually
> running down to the hole you left at the lowest point. The existence of such
> a hole, that is a non fully sealed package, means there is less chance for
> ingested hot humid air to be trapped and condense in the first place.
> Sometimes you need to dissipate power in your system simply to create the
> elevated temperature if otherwise your system is so efficient. Unless you
> are going to start helium leak test, I seriously doubt the your airtight
> package is. I have been known to add a always on light bulb, for example.
>
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> -----Original Message------------
> ..............That said, I'd be worried about temperature/humidity cycling
> as
> mentioned by others, because you will never get a 100% hermetic seal
> -- so some version of a weep hole and other moisture preventive
> measures may be in order.
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> Charles
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