[Elecraft] OT: RTV related

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Use GE RTV 162.  Non-corrosive, electronic grade, UL listed.  

73, Redd


---- Ken Kopp <k0pp at rfwave.net> wrote: 
> In general, if your "RTV" product smells like acetic acid, 
> it's corrosive.  If it smells like Ben Gay (SP?) back rub,
> it's not corrosive.
> 
> The corrosive kind, if applied where it can cure into the
> air won't be harmful.  It's only when it's used in a closed
> area, like a connector box and can't "air" that it will be
> corrosive.
> 
> Trivia:  "RTV stands for (R)oom (T)emperature (V)ulcanizing.
> It cures/ dries by absorbing water ... by "getting wet". (:-)
> It's "drying / curing can be hastened by laying a wet cloth
> over / around the stuff, if this is practical.
> 
> 73! Ken 
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