Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Electronics at ambient pressure

[Warren Greenway <opensourcesub@yahoo.com>]

There are alternative to components with eclosed air.
If you are not designing the circuits, however, you
can expect various sealed unit to cause problems.
Forget about harddrives altogether, there are very
durable solid state IDE drives out there.

Warren.

--- Graeme Anderson <eventpro@clear.net.nz> wrote:

> I am interested in ambient pressure submersibles and
> have been pondering a
> question about electronics.
> 
> What happens to sealed electronic components at say
> 3ATM.  Surely things
> such as crystals, capacitors and sealed hard drives,
> which have an air
> cavity within them would crush.  Is there a way
> around this and if so, what
> is it?
> 
> I am aware that some of the community are seriously
> into ambient technology
> and it appeals to me because of its simplicity,
> especially as I am really
> only interested in shallow water exploration.
> 
> I hope someone can enlighten me.
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Graeme
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
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