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Low leakage coatings? Re: how can i prevent corosion?

2003-12-02 by Steve

> > No, haven't tried Teflon. Is it that good an insulator? What am I
> > using the stand-offs for? If you mean the supports for the PCB, that
> > still leaves me with surface leakage across the PCB.
> 
> The technique I was thinking of was to bend up the input pin and
solder it
> to a Teflon standoff. Teflon is a very good insulator. This is sometimes
> done if a very high input impedance is required.

That is essentially what I end up doing now, and was hoping to find
something more elegant and professional looking.

Steve

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