IC pin corrosion

18 Jul 2006

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 From: ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell)

Incidnetally, I have heard of a TV set that leaked water onto the floor,
and no the cause was not a vase of flowers on top of it. Any ideas?

-tony  
 Electrolytic capacitor. 
No. It was (fairly pure) water. Not electrolyte, transformer oil [1], 
cat pee, or anything like that. And it kept on happening. A pool would 
form, it would be mopped up, then the pool would come back. And the set 
continued to work, although the picture was poor.

[1] Some UK TVs, back in the valve/405 line era had oil-filled line 
output (horizontal output) transformers. I think Murphy and Philips both 
used them...

-tony

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