Re: [T3] What to use to seal my add on ignition module

[Greg Irick <gregi@vwtype3.org>]

<x-flowed>Don't use RTV.  While it is curing it gives off corrosive vapors that will 
destroy the solder joints.  When I had CB Performance put their FI system 
on the engine I had them build for my bug there was a very big warning in 
the FI system directions not to seal any enclosures for the brain with RTV 
because of the corrosive out-gassing that occurs during the cure process.

Greg Irick


> What about RTV?
>      Toby Erkson  --  air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
>      '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing
>      http://www.icbm.org/
>      Portland, Oregon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Epoxy potting can also cause problems with stresses on the board and
> components
> > as it cures and shrinks. If you want to pot it, use something that does not
> > attack the parts and that remains flexible when cured.

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