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A question of humidity...
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Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:16:22 GMT
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A few brief stories--
I've had LEGO displays in fish tanks for the little fishes to swim through.
After years of staying in the fish tank, I found that the LEGO pieces were stuck
together quite firmly, and some pieces took much effort to pry apart.
I filed that away for no real reason.
I bought a house last August and promptly set up a LEGO train layout in the
basement. Then spring and summer arrived with much rain and humidity, and I
noticed that many of my large blue baseplates sitting on the wooden train
modules were getting all warped, and that my 9 volt train wheels were really
starting to bind. Dragging out the dehumidifier last week and leaving it on for
a few days (and subsequently dumping lots of collected water down the drain),
I've noticed that the blue baseplates are gradually flattening out, and the 9
volt wheels are not binding as bad as they once were.
So a few things--
There must be different 'grades' of plastic (ABS, whatever) that LEGO bricks are
made from--Every blue baseplate warped--none of the green or grey ones warped.
I thought that this fact alone was rather odd.
The tolerances on 9v wheelsets must be quite small for the humidity to affect
them that much.
I didn't think that LEGO bricks could 'absorb' water moisture. Always had it in
my mind that ABS was 'waterproof'. Eh, live and learn.
Dave K
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| In lugnet.general, David Koudys wrote: (major snip> (...) What an interesting post. It had never crossed my mind before, but the circuit board assembly places which use infra-red ovens to melt solder on circuit boards to allow the surface mount (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) And I'm sure they appreciate it each time they turn around and "discover" it for the first time in their lives. BTW, mixing a 12" pleco and a LEGO pirate ship is a recipe for frustration. If you have any skeletons, make sure they're only (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I had the same problem with my 9v train wheels when I moved to RI. I had a nice new basement in my new house. Well, I thought it was nice, until it started raining inside during the summer. (Ok, not really, but there were so many puddles of (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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