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When I lived in Hongkong, my oven failed after less than 10 years. When my landlord came to replace it, he told me that it was common due to the extreme humidi
by throwaway2037 2y ago
When I lived in Hongkong, my oven failed after less than 10 years. When my landlord came to replace it, he told me that it was common due to the extreme humidity that eventually ruins the circuit boards. I'm still a bit skeptical of that explanation -- but he has probably replaced more "white goods" (refrig, oven, etc.) that I will in a lifetime. Weirdly, my washing machine by Bosch was tough as nails and never had any issues. One would assume that it would be similarly affected by the humidity.
- kevingadd 2y agoThe washing machine was probably sealed much better against humidity since it would be in proximity to water all the time.
- throwaway173738 2y agoYeah in my experience the boards in a washing machine are conformally coated which makes it a real treat to replace a relay on the control board.
- BenjiWiebe 2y agoThe nice thing about conformal coating is that in general you don't have to do as many repairs versus non conformal coated boards.
- usefulcat 2y agoDid you not have air conditioning?
- throwaway2037 2y agoUnless you are made of money, you don't run air con in HK while not at home. Daylight hours, I am always out of the house. It regularly gets to 35C in the summer in HK with batshit crazy humidity levels.
- marcosdumay 2y agoProximity to the sea does shorten the lifetime of electronics. Salt deposition is a way worst problem than humidity. There are ways to protect against that. And actively cooled equipment (like computers) get way worse problems than stuff with no air circulation.