great_7562@ani.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoif pure water is not conductive why would condensation be an issue for electronics?message-squaremessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareif pure water is not conductive why would condensation be an issue for electronics?great_7562@ani.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square23linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoAs others have said, corrosion. To add to that, condensate is rarely pure water. At least, not by the time it’s chilling on the circuits. It’ll pick up any dust, and other stuff fairly quickly; making it not-pure. And conductive.
As others have said, corrosion.
To add to that, condensate is rarely pure water. At least, not by the time it’s chilling on the circuits. It’ll pick up any dust, and other stuff fairly quickly; making it not-pure. And conductive.