24 Jul
2012
24 Jul
'12
7:24 p.m.
Tothwolf wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jul 2012, William Donzelli wrote:
I had a empty, open metalized mylar bag marked "humidity sensitive
components". This bag sat untouched in a drawer for a number of years.
I was looking for some parts and noticed some liquid in the drawer,
Picking up the bag, it contained at least a pint of water. Desiccant
impregnated bag?
On Tue, 24 Jul 2012, Tothwolf wrote:
The pink bags actually aren't as conductive as the metalized mylar
bags and are not rated for the same level of ESD protection. The pink
bags also break down chemically over time (which anyone who has
witnessed this also knows that they smell really, really bad when they
do this). On the other hand, the mylar bags last practically forever.
At that price you'd think they could at least
use one of the better
Mylar ESD bags rather than those cheap pink poly bags...
Why? The pink ones work as well.