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In Reply to: Refrigerating/Freezing Electronics posted by stakkall on June 27, 2008 at 05:03:12:
Fresh out of high school I got a job with Sperry in their environmental testing lab. We froze components and boards, roasted them, sprayed water on them, vibrated them -- you name it.
Many completed devices (computers, amps, etc...) have a published operating temperature range and a storage temperature range, usually accompanied with humidity specs as well. The components that are temperature sensitive in a potentially destructive way are primarily solid state devices and capacitors.
Resistor values have a temperature coefficient, i.e., the actual resistance is dependent upon its temperature, but for normal operating environments it can usually be ignored. Storing your attenuators in a freezer accomplishes nothing except subjecting all the parts to the mechanical stress of the extreme temperature change. I wouldn't put mine there.
Robert
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