On 27 Jan 2005 at 19:38, Jens Bladt wrote: > It's not an issue if you buy a new camera every two years. You'll never know > when the thing dies! The problems will occur when contacts (internal and > external) etc. little by little get corroded. I think most modern electronic > consumer equipment was basiclally made to be operated indoors. Not on a > mountain > side in Argentina.
Condensation is generally not a problem unless the circuits are also dirty, condensed water is quite pure and isn't conductive until it dissolves impurities. For example I had (still have) an old IBM keyboard which I inadvertently spilled nearly a full glass of red wine into and it stopped functioning. Straight away I unplugged the keyboard and tried to disassemble it but I didn't have a suitable specialized tool. So I simply took it to my back yard and hosed it with tap water (which here is quite clean with a neutral ph). I let it dry for a few days and put it straight back into service and it worked flawlessly and hasn't failed since. > As a former musican I have more than once seen electronic equipment ruined > due to being moved from a cold car to a hot ball room. Or vise versa. > Believe me, it's very annoying loose you best amp just 30 minutes before a > gig :-) > I just don't trust modern electronics to put up with such changes. Larger > battery consumptiom means more heat. More heat means more moisture/condenced > water. As a former foreman in an electronics repair workshop which specialized in music equipment repair I've seen far more problems relating to spilt drinks, cockroaches, bad handling/treatment and people spraying inappropriate lubricants into controls than any kind of condensation problems. Any portable consumer equipment that is susceptible to condensate is probably poorly designed. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
