Keeping electrical components dry

Problem: How do you keep electrical components dry in a wet manufacturing environment? Even NEMA 4 enclosures have a habit of getting moisture inside them.

By Staff February 1, 2000

Problem: How do you keep electrical components dry in a wet manufacturing environment? Even NEMA 4 enclosures have a habit of getting moisture inside them.

Solution: We simply fill cloth bags with desiccant beads used in our air dryers and place them in the enclosures. The moisture worry is eliminated.

Contributor: Nathan Thompson, Process Control Specialist, Lamb-Weston, Inc., Hermiston, OR