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Re: Please don't shoot me!!

10/10/2000 10:35 PM
nuke	Re: Please don't shoot me!! AustinC said: Humid days rock and dry days suck. Why not have the board in your tube amp treated with a polysterene conformal coating? That will almost certainly cure any electrical issues with humidity. Bake it out for a few hours at 120F, then coat it. Of course, it could be the speakers too. The paper in some speaker cones seems to be very hygroscopic, getting quite soft and mushy when humid.

10/10/2000 10:35 PM

nuke

Re: Please don't shoot me!!

AustinC said:

Humid days rock and dry days suck.

Why not have the board in your tube amp treated with a polysterene conformal coating? That will almost certainly cure any electrical issues with humidity.

Bake it out for a few hours at 120F, then coat it.

Of course, it could be the speakers too. The paper in some speaker cones seems to be very hygroscopic, getting quite soft and mushy when humid.

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dutch [QUOTE]Of course... -- 10/10/2000 11:45 PM