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Old 11-06-2014, 02:18 PM
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Hi Brent,

That's good. Just something you may not be aware of. I learnt about it a long time ago while I was technicianing in the Army.

The design of a lot of equipment appears to be good enough that splashes will do no harm. Which appears to be good and seems to work. Yet we found several items had water inside. Weather had been fine. Equipment had not been near water.?????

What was happening? During the day air was warming and expanding. Which drove some air out of the equipment. At night the equipment cooled down.
This cooling and warming caused moisture to condense inside the panels.
It was particularly evident when a warm day was followed by a cool air blast during a storm. There was enough water inside to cause corrosion.

If your devices are relatively open enough for air to have a little circulation condensation probably will not occur. It mainly happens to devices with one small opening.

I have had petrol cans in the shed 'suck' in water. In fact one can after a few weeks had a litre of water inside it. The seal under the screw on cap was not sealing completely.

Something to consider for you.
Cheers
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