Re: Murphy Strikes again!

[Rich Rudman <rmanzan@tscnet.com>]

Lee Hart wrote:
> 
> Rich Rudman wrote:
> > Cringe!!! Muttered oaths... well, there is Potting compound...
> > in 5 Gallon Pails. Sheer's gonna MAKE me package the Mk3s...
> 
> Good! Rich, it is nuts to put a naked circuit board on top of a battery.
> It's an accident waiting to happen. As you so eloquently put it:
> 
> > Rain drops, without fail, find the ONE node that is sensitive to water
> > drops.
> 
> > Packaging and potting is going to eat up what little profit I make on
> > Regs. I Gotta find a cheap way to make it happen.
> 
> Hokay, you vant cheap, I got cheap...
> 
> Put the regulator in a zip-lock plastic sandwich bag. Run the wires out
> the opening, and zip it closed. Run a hot soldering iron over the seam,
> wires and all. The heat will melt the plastic and fuse it to the
> insulation on the wires. Obviously, you have to use external load
> resistors.
> --
> Lee A. Hart                Ring the bells that still can ring
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Ummm thanks .... I think....
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Rich Rudman
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