Re: Can cold weather damage electronics components and circuit boards?
- From: Jim Yanik <jyanik@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 6 Feb 2007 04:47:02 GMT
"N Cook" <diverse8@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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During the winter season, outside temperatures can go down to 10
degrees Farenheit or lower.
Since many people carry their laptop computers to and from work
each day, I was wondering whether exposure to cold temperatures
can damage computer components or circuit boards.
My guess is that 10 degrees F is probably not cold enough to cause
damage, and that any temperature-related damage is probably caused by
too rapid a change in temperature (cracking as a result of expansion
and contraction).
Am I correct on this?
If 10 degrees F is not cold enough, how cold would it have to be for
damage to occur?
It is more a question of water condensation on traces and components
and even into components via capillary action when the kit is brought
indoors to warm air, plus mechanical problems again more to do with
condensation
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I bet the LCD displays don't like very cold temps.
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Jim Yanik
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