Effect of temperature cycles on electronics ?

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Sat Feb 16 22:54:26 2002

On February 16, Tom Uban wrote:
> What experience have people had with computer equipment being stored
> in a unheated environment for 10-20 years, where the temperature runs
> from -10 to 100 degrees at the extremes of the seasons? Does this
> tend to kill ICs, caps, etc?

  I've had some problems with uneven thermal expansion and contraction
cracking old PCB traces and solder joints. Not too badly, though.

     -Dave

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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL         "Less talk.  More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
Received on Sat Feb 16 2002 - 22:54:26 GMT

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