On an aviation list I get many people use the glue E-6000 to pot electronics in. Not sure if wicking would be an issue, but no conduction or corrosion problems. It might bond a little better than hot glue, for better or worse. It will sag if put on thick and takes 24 hr to cure for most applications.
I have used hot glue for many semi-permanent bonding jobs and It doesn't seem to wick much but it will sag and leaves little threads when you pull the nozzle away. Raymond Julian Kettle River, MN The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. -John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968) On 01/01/2016 02:53 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 31 December 2015 21:27:52 linden wrote: > >> Hi Gene, >> I have used hot glue from a hot glue gun in the past (the Kind >> for arts and crafts) to hold cards in. It works well for high >> vibration and you can peal the glue off to get the card out if you >> need too. Not as good as a mechanical hold down but certainly better >> than nothing and not as permanent as potting compound. May be enough >> added stay puttedness for your application or untill you can come up >> with a better solution. >> > Never gave that a thought, but it might be just the ticket. I don't think > its electrically conductive. I'm assuming you put a line of it against > both the socket and board? > > I can only access one side, without pulling the mainboard, which might be > less than optimum. > > Did you put anything against the board to keep it from wicking into the > socket itself? Or does it set fast enough thats not a problem? > > Thanks for the idea Linden, I appreciate a fresh idea. > >> On 15-12-31 05:51 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> I tried to hook up my soft start circuit tonight, but when I had it >>> wired in, the spindle didn't run. Checking dmesg, the card did not >>> sign in like it usually does. Backed out of the mainboard socket at >>> least 1/8", again. By bumping the parport cables molded connector >>> against the wall. >>> >>> So I have an excedrin headache, number unk. Everytime I turn that >>> computer around, to plug in a usb cable to charge my DS201, or for >>> any reason, the 5i25 comes far enough out of the pci socket to >>> disable something. Or blow the card. At 90 bucks a pop, that isn't >>> fun. >>> >>> Do you have a bracket that can somehow hold the card into the >>> socket? >>> >>> Its an LP bracket in an LP box, but it needs something to nail the >>> card down into the slot a lot firmer than the LP bracket is holding >>> it. >>> >>> Ideas, anybody? Or do I have to make a x-crossed-brace to go across >>> the top of the pci sockets? >>> >>> Thanks all. :) > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
