If you are concerned about corroding contacts, I think a spartan amount of conductive electrical grease would suffice to them safe from the elements.
Conformal coat can get messy very quickly. Plus, if you ever wanted to replace a tube it might be even more of a bear as things might get stuck. On Sun, Feb 9, 2020, 7:51 PM ZY <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. I live near the coast and my air humidity is pretty high, usually > it's around or above 50% on warmer days and maybe even higher if it rains. > While I store my nixies in containers with a few silica packets, the nixies > that are built into clocks are exposed to the humidity. > > I'm wondering if such humidity has any noticeable impact on nixie lifespan > in terms of rusting at the glass-metal interface? > > Would it be a good idea to apply a bit of conformal coat over the > glass-metal interface, or would the risk of the conformal coat chemically > attacking the area over time be more than what humidity can do? The coating > I usually use for PCBs is MG Chemicals silicone modified conformal coating. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/be1f56ff-9e37-4738-8fb7-8bdf271ec7c6%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/be1f56ff-9e37-4738-8fb7-8bdf271ec7c6%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CALcVLKJoBUt%3DV9%3DP70%2BuwKDDa5YfwW9erXFgELN-Nzp1Bbt3Og%40mail.gmail.com.
