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Is it true that outdoor electronics, such as streetlighting, has wide pitch IC’s to avoid the problem of shorting due to moisture eventually working its way into the enclosure? (ie thay use SOIC8’s instead of fine pitch TSSOP’s, MSSOP’s etc). Even without moisture having to seep through the gasket, (due to ‘breathing’ due to expansion/contraction) the electronics components themselves actually contain moisture.
Also, is it true that they hang PCBs of outdoor electronics upside down, so that the moisture doesn’t settle on the PCB, but kind of drips off onto the case?
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Also, is one of the reasons that they often put squidgy silicon inside electronics enclosures for outdoor equipment because it absorbs water?
Also, is it true that they hang PCBs of outdoor electronics upside down, so that the moisture doesn’t settle on the PCB, but kind of drips off onto the case?
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Also, is one of the reasons that they often put squidgy silicon inside electronics enclosures for outdoor equipment because it absorbs water?