[chbot] Suitable Epoxy

[Jasper Mackenzie]

Mark,
... Did you notice anything about the water level?
 Baths are full of Eureka
Winston,
 Have you used J B Weld submerged in hot water?

Good points all.

Thanks.

Jasper

On 20 October 2014 13:18, Mark Atherton <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> Just been thinking about this in the bath...
>
> you may need to watch out for differential expansion issues with a hard
> adhesive
>
> basically if the substrate, IC, and adhesive expand at different rates
> with temperature, the adhesive might damage one of the other two.
>
> you may be able to offset this issue by curing the adhesive at 60c, so
> only 40c to room temp and 40c to 100c
>
> -mark
>
>
>
> At 12:34 p.m. 20/10/2014, you wrote:
>
>> Jaycar have J B Weld - Heat resistance: 260 degrees Celsius, Contents:
>> 25ml : $17.00
>> http://tinyurl.com/ljgljpy
>>
>> At 12:04 p.m. 20/10/2014, you wrote:
>>
>>> I'd suggest Shoe goo. it will be superior to araldite for this
>>> application in many ways. Available from sports stores.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Jasper Mackenzie <<mailto:
>>> jasper.mackenzie at gmail.com>jasper.mackenzie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have a few temperature sensors (SOIC8) to keep submerged in water up
>>> to boiling temperature.
>>> Â So far I have had a whole load of failures keeping them healthy and
>>> dry.
>>>
>>> My next plan is to solder wires to them then encase them in Araldite.
>>> Is there anything wrong with this? Will I discover that Araldite is not
>>> rated to 100deg.
>>> Â If not, suggestions please.
>>>
>>> All this in my bid to prove Mark wrong regarding how far IIC can go
>>> reliably (so far he has been right... still suprised 8)
>>>
>>> Jasper
>>>
>>
>
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