hydroscopic breathers!!!!!!!!!

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anyone had any experience of these on industrial gearboxes in a high humidity enviroment????????????

[J Top]

If your talking about water absorbtion, as in brake fluid, its hygroscopic

[4_stroke]

looks like they use silica gel. The down side is that then the gel becomes saturated they stop working.

In electronics the use of Gortex for breathers is getting more popular. It alows air to pass but traps water