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08/22/12 03:11
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#188110 - Have you considered silicone coating?
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There are a few alloys of silicone that you could use as a non-conductive inert and waterproof coating. Sadly, they're not particularly cheap, but they do serve. I've used Dow-Corning type 734 for a number of applications, including this one, with success.

My experience has only used lower voltages, i.e. 3V3 to unregulated 10 volts. Lab experience (other folks' labs) have taught me that voltages above 28 volts are to be avoided. That was, in the past for reasons mostly associated with fire and sparking, but the higher the voltage, the better the insulation has to be.

With a careful application, the type 734 sealant (there are competing products, but read and understand the spec's) can be applied in a way to make a common membrane keypad quite waterproof. The clear version, which is what I've used, is translucent and, applied very thin, can be quite transparent, certainly enough to read labels larger than 10 point type.

It's not expensive enough to prevent a few trials, BTW.

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Designing a product for use in water            01/01/70 00:00      
   Have you considered silicone coating?            01/01/70 00:00      
   one link            01/01/70 00:00      
   Waterproof enclosures            01/01/70 00:00      
      Projective touch - or maybe waterproof tablet            01/01/70 00:00      
         If that potentiometer wasn't a hard requirement            01/01/70 00:00      
            more details            01/01/70 00:00      
               You might want to look into that a bit further            01/01/70 00:00      
                  buttons for up/down gives tactile feedback            01/01/70 00:00      
                     nevertheless, a strobe wheel rather than a pot ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        more good ideas            01/01/70 00:00      
   Go to the lowest practical voltage            01/01/70 00:00      
      answers            01/01/70 00:00      
         Electric shock and intrinsically safe            01/01/70 00:00      
            Isolators            01/01/70 00:00      
               a question and a reference            01/01/70 00:00      
                  answers            01/01/70 00:00      
                     tethered unit??            01/01/70 00:00      
                        mounted display            01/01/70 00:00      
                           have you considered a combination of battery and solar?            01/01/70 00:00      
                              indoor pool            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Wireless chargers            01/01/70 00:00      

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