[NLC] Drip Dry Phone

[James R. Van Zandt]

Jim Kuzdrall <gnhlug at intrel.com> wrote:
>   On Sunday 30 April 2006 06:45 pm, Jeff Kinz wrote:
>   > On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 01:53:35PM -0400, James R. Van Zandt wrote:
>   > > This is one of the reasons I'd like a small vacuum chamber.  That
>   > > would pull moisture out of the crevices.
>   >
>   > Just curious - could subjecting a cell phone to vacuum (partial or
>   > otherwise) possibly cause things like capacitors to burst?
>
>   I can't think of any electronic component that will "burst" at 
>   vacuum.

The only glitch I could think of was a hard drive (well, not in a cell
phone - at least not yet).  It's vented through an air filter, I
believe.  Might not take kindly to a *sudden* change in pressure.

           - Jim Van Zandt