On Jan 19, 2010, at 4:35 PM, Subash wrote: > This has to be done because once > the gel absorbs the moisture in the box, it doesn't work anymore.
Not long after I started an internal tech-support job at an electronics manufacturer we had to deal with an issue where the units we shipped would sit around in their boxes for a few months waiting for installation. They would often be left sitting in some pretty humid environments as we exported worldwide. The unit would be wrapped in a plastic bag within the box, with a bag of silica gel thrown in. It turned out that the plastic would slowly leach moisture. Given enough time it'd saturate the silica gel to the point where it'd cause rusting where its bag contacted the metalwork. I'm not sure how that particular one was solved as someone else dealt with it. I think the solution was to find a different type of plastic. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
