Peter Todd wrote:

> However... I've already made one, and it's running and well embedded
> behind a good half inch of hermetically sealed acrylic and is definetely
> not coming out. The pcb was well cleaned and the atmosphere is dry, so
> anything floating should stay floating.
> 
> So what can I expect from this mistake? The circuit has been working
> perfectly otherwise for 3 weeks now, but what about increased power
> drain? Any rule-of-thumb for what it might be? 

I don't know of any rule of thumb. AFAIK this is pretty arbitrary -- it may
work, or it may work most of the time, or it may work but with increased
power drain, or it just may not work. 

Given that it worked for 3 weeks, it seems that it may continue to work or
not :)

Gerhard

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