Han't thought about that. We actually just squeeze as much air out of the bag as we can. Charles Caswell -----Original Message----- From: Brian Ellis [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 2:19 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Vacuum sealing equipment... Steve You don't put a dessicant in a vacuum sealed bag, do you? The vacuum will slowly suck out that beautifully adsorbed moisture: pfloook! Then these molecules will float around, all over your components, which will swallow them up like gangbusters. IMHO, one, t'other but not both, vacuum and dessicant. Brian [log in to unmask] wrote: > > Hi All! > > Our McDry dessicant cabinets have just been over-populated recently due to > having to open vendor-sealed packages looking for certain DATECODE > parts...(hmmm, this subject seems familiar for some odd reason...) > > Anyhoo, we've got a regular thermal sealer here, but we have now seen the > need for a vacuum sealer... > > A vacuum sealer just gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling knowing that air has > been sucked out of the packaging with a dessicant packed in there with the > parts, sealed off from the outside world as we know it, and they're slowly > suffocating, slowly.. slowly..slowly. The moisture being steadily drained > from their lifeless and uncaring souls...HA!HA!HA!HA!HA! > > Ahem, 'scuse me. Kinda' got carried away there, didn't I? Didn't mean > to...really...my job isn't getting to me, it really isn't...honest. > > I did a search and got a gazillion hits for vacuum sealers, do any of you > have one that you can recommend and like, to help me from having to make too > many decisions? > > 'preciate it!!! > > -Steve Gregory- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------