17 Feb
2002
17 Feb
'02
1 a.m.
Tom Uban wrote:
What experience have people had with computer equipment being stored
in a unheated environment for 10-20 years, where the temperature runs
from -10 to 100 degrees at the extremes of the seasons? Does this
tend to kill ICs, caps, etc?
--tom
I've found that vacuum tube electronics seemed to handle the temp
variations better than solid state. Nowdays I see mostly bad capacitors
taking out components. And they are most prone to temp variaations that
dry them out over time. I prefer to leave equipment on 24/7 as well.
I've seen more failures happen on power up from the surge than
anything. Silicon transsitors are more rugged than the early germaniums
too.
Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO