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Author Topic: minipac affected by the cold?  (Read 787 times)

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AwesomeAlbert

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minipac affected by the cold?
« on: January 01, 2014, 09:27:13 pm »
I have a  mini pac in my arcade that I'm trying to get running. it was running well for a couple of weeks. One day it just stopped working.  I changed cables, installed and uninstalled drivers, changed computers.  I have come to the conclusion that is is being affected by the cold. my cabinet is in the garage (its like 45 degrees in there) . The control panel works indoors all the time, as soon I take it outside it stops working like in 10 minutes.  I bring it inside, it doesn't work and in 5-10 minutes it starts working again.  Is this possible or this thing is messing with me???

what is the testing procedure for this thing??
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Re: minipac affected by the cold?
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2014, 03:10:26 pm »
Forum member qrz affectionately calls it "technician in a can" aka freeze spray.

Usually, a temperature dependency in a simple electronic device like that would be due to a cracked solder joint but it may also be humidity, not temperature, related.