In message <
4A4C5DCC.9090309@...>, Jesse Lackey
<
jsl-ml@...> writes
>My main concern is what being potted may do the following component types:
>
>Electrolytic caps: they have some sort of safety vent, right? If
>sealed, and should disaster occur somehow, I figure failing in potting
>couldn't be any worse than failing in open air?
>
I've had a capacitor in a small (0.5w) epoxy potted DC-DC converter
explode in front of my face, fortunately I was wearing eye protection
but I wasn't wearing ear plugs, took about an hour for the ringing to
stop. I never found the chunk that was blown off the module but judging
by the shape of the remains, it must have been rather unpleasantly
jagged.
>Thanks all-
>J
>
>
>
>
--
Clint Sharp
--
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist
