DESIGNERCOUNCIL Archives

October 1998

DesignerCouncil@IPC.ORG
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: Current Carrying Capacity of Conductors
From:
JoAnn Amerson <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
[log in to unmask]
Date:
Fri, 9 Oct 1998 15:02:42 -0400
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (40 lines) 
On 9 Oct 98, Garry Hammond wrote:

>
> What about the effects of blowing air over the board surface??
>
> I just finished a board that sits in front of a fan, yet has high current
> flowing thru it.

Ooh!  Ooh!  I know this answer!!  If the fan is blowing too hard, it'll blow your
electrons right into the next conductor and then.....SNAP! CRACKLE! POP!
You end up letting all the smoke out of your parts then it don't work no more!

See how paying attention in school pays off?

Have a wonderful weekend!
Jo


JoAnn L. Amerson
Design Librarian
Red Lion Controls, Inc.
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Voice: (717) 767-6961 ext 6308


Thought for the day:
  Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence.

################################################################
DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c
################################################################
To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body:
To subscribe:   SUBSCRIBE DesignerCouncil <your full name>
To unsubscribe:   SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil 
################################################################
Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information.
For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312
################################################################

ATOM RSS1 RSS2