Effect of temperature cycles on electronics ?

From: Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Sat Feb 16 23:20:49 2002

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?
>
> --tom

Make that a tad colder -40F. The real problem is keeping the equipment
dry.
I don't expect HD's and Floppies would last too many seasons as bearings
would seize up. Rust and corrosion could also be a problem if near salt
water.
-- 
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
Received on Sat Feb 16 2002 - 23:20:49 GMT

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