I have met a similar problem before on TV's. Manufacturers use hot melt glue to hold add-on bits of wire etc to the bottom of the chassis. Occasionally we would get one that would not work because the glue had gone conductive stopping/shorting some control volts or other (Cant remember exactly) They were usually a year or two old before we saw them. Clive Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 17:49:31 +0200 From: Attila Muhi Subject: [OT]: Is thermoglue condictive ?!?? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi list! I have just spent some hours of fault-finding. There seemed to be a = short below a piece of thermo-glue (from a glue gun, standard glue). So, = I opened that piece with a hot-air gun, checked everything, ad the short = was gone. Happy to have solved the problem, I put the circuitry back in = position, added a piece of thermoglue, checked the circuit, it was still = working. After 5 minutes, when it was cooled down, the short was back ! = No mechanic short as far as I can see.=20 It seems that the glue will transport some charge when it is stiff. I = had about 80-120V AC on the incoming leads, with a distance of about 5 = mm between the leads. Filling that gap with thermoglue caused this = short, or sooner discharge ? Has anyone experience of this ? Regards Attila Muhi - SM4RAN Regards Clive Frederickson R&D Technician (CECF Group) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Dyson's Contrarotator(TM) is the first washing machine with 2 drums rotating in opposite directions at once. This means it gives the cleanest wash results in the fastest time and takes the largest loads. The Contrarotator(TM) is now on sale at selected retailers, and will be available nationwide in spring 2001. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.dyson.com. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu