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 Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject: Re: Vaporizing electrolytic caps a health risk ? |
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:30:25 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
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Skybuck Flying wrote:
Hello,
I asked:
"Which components on a pc motherboard are most likely to fail first because
of overheat ?".
Somebody answered:
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Probably electrolytic caps - they are usually the first to fail; heat
causes them to dry out.
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Does this mean the fluid that is inside vaporizes ?!?
The solvent gradually evaporates.
Could this be a health risk to humans ?
Only if you open it up and eat the contents.
Graham
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MSDS info on the materials used is available from the vendor, if there
are real concerns.
I recall Fred Hammond wondering out loud what all the fuss was about
PCBs, as he>d spent the war years "up to the elbows" in transformer
oil.
RL |
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Skybuck Flying
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject: Re: Vaporizing electrolytic caps a health risk ? |
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Ok,
I>ll tell a little story as well.
I was in belgium with an old pc which I got for free.
It was supposed to be for one of my family members which happened to live in
belgium at the time.
I had slept little...
The pc wasn>t working correctly... probably because the keyboard was still
wet from cleaning it.
Then I thought... maybe they have different voltages in belgium.
So I switch the power from 220 volts to 110 volts with the little red thing
on the back.
Then I turn on the computer..
Poooofff... flash... smoke..... smell, stinky little bit lol.
I probably blew up the power box...
Well it was a good thing too... it was a shitty computer... slow 386 or 486
with windows on it or so... it was really shit slow... later on she bought
some good computers :)
Bye,
Skybuck. |
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Eeyore
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:54 am Post subject: Re: Vaporizing electrolytic caps a health risk ? |
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Skybuck Flying wrote:
[quote]Then I thought... maybe they have different voltages in belgium.
So I switch the power from 220 volts to 110 volts with the little red thing
on the back.
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Thought is not the correct word to use here. WHATEVER gave you that idea ?
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Craig Sutton
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:05 am Post subject: Re: Vaporizing electrolytic caps a health risk ? |
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"Skybuck Flying" <BloodyShame@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e546a$489208fc$541981a9$3141@cache5.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
[quote]Ok,
I>ll tell a little story as well.
I was in belgium with an old pc which I got for free.
It was supposed to be for one of my family members which happened to live
in belgium at the time.
I had slept little...
The pc wasn>t working correctly... probably because the keyboard was still
wet from cleaning it.
Then I thought... maybe they have different voltages in belgium.
So I switch the power from 220 volts to 110 volts with the little red
thing on the back.
Then I turn on the computer..
Poooofff... flash... smoke..... smell, stinky little bit lol.
I probably blew up the power box...
Well it was a good thing too... it was a shitty computer... slow 386 or
486 with windows on it or so... it was really shit slow... later on she
bought some good computers :)
Bye,
Skybuck.
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