There is also a rather strange fungus that likes to grow on certain plastics. Ask anyone who has ever collected old radios.. It wipes right off and take a long time to return.
On Friday, October 25, 2024 at 12:50:13 PM UTC-4 Neil QQ wrote: > Terry, I believe you are correct about the plasticizer, or some such > outgassing. At my work we ran into something similar with a big > last-time-buy order for connectors. They looked exactly like your > pictures. As I recall, the key to "prevention" is to allow for air > circulation when stored, i.e. not stored in plastic bags. The stuff was > declared "not deleterious to the functional aspects of the connector". > They were cleaned with alcohol (don't recall which type/concentration) and > placed back into stock. > > On Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 3:54:55 PM UTC-5 Nicholas Stock wrote: > > As they're in a sealed container, any outgassing from components/PCB etc > may react with plastics? Just a guess.... > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 1:43 PM Mac Doktor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Oct 24, 2024, at 4:40 PM, Dekatron42 <[email protected]> wrote: > > None of the capacitors seems to have leaked nor does any other component > seem to be affected and nothing else looks corroded but there are some > small droplets on one of the power connectors. > > > Looks like elasticizer leaching out of the plastic but I've never seen it > happen to something this new. > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > https://www.astarcloseup.com > > "If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes."—Roy Batty, *Blade > Runner* > > -- > 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, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/19270921-BC46-4F90-847F-EC1220D378A4%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/19270921-BC46-4F90-847F-EC1220D378A4%40gmail.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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/d3dd269c-c9e8-44c7-935d-1e3cbd493ea2n%40googlegroups.com.
