They might not be but their big brothers the SONAR T/R units use?piezoelectric crystals in
contact with water.
Rod
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From: Jules Richardson <jules.richardson99 at gmail.com>
To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, 12 May 2014, 23:40
Subject: Re: Are piezoelectric disc-type buzzers waterproof?
On 05/12/2014 04:59 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
In the case of the bare disk, I would be worried about
water getting
trapped between the disk and the unit's case and causing problems later.
Yes, good point. I did do some googling in the end (should have done that first!) and some
manufacturers seem to state that theirs are not waterproof (perhaps the problem is with
whatever is used to bond the plate to the disc) - with that in mind, I ended up being
careful not to get this one wet, just in case. Thankfully the buzzer was at the other end
of the case (more or less) to the battery compartment.
All *seems* to be well now, other than the -ve wire from the battery compartment needing
replacing; the system powers up and seems to "work" - I just need to remind
myself how to play chess :-)
cheers
Jules