On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 8:56 AM Kevin A. <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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? >> >> I live in a much more humid area 70%+ all year round, I can't say I've see any bad effects on any of my clocks or stored tubes. My tubes are also stored in containers but not airtight. I do agree with Kevin on the fact you could use a small amount of electrical grease if your super worried. I have not however. cheers -- 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/CAKwbPxvaL94EV7V_jpRbfc3h6gusCQOZR8EJUsBDvCC8dFKoRw%40mail.gmail.com.
