Re: Immersing electronics in 10W-30?

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Original poster: Jerry Chamkis <jchamkis-at-bga-dot-com> 

I've immersed equipment in 10W-30 and had it attack the tin plating on the
(homemade,  not tin-lead as on a commercial board) traces.  It was in there
for a few months and the traces looked rather nasty.  Didn't attack any
plastic parts over that interval but I don't have an inventory of what kinds
of plastics (besides Fiberglas) that were in there.  Somebody once told me
vanilla motor oil tends not to attack plastic because they use neoprene seals
in the engines.

HTH-

Jerry

On Sunday 07 March 2004 01:07 pm, Tesla list wrote:
 > Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>
 >
 > With my voltage multiplier now operating at 5000 VAC input I am faced with
 > a problem of corona. Can I simply immerse the electronics in 10W-30(unused)
 > to solve the problem? It shouldnt degrade the plastic of the caps or the
 > plexy glass it is mounted on should it?
 >
 > ---Eric

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Jerry Chamkis
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