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Weird question: Is the adhesive on most weather stripping electrically conductive?

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Cyber Rage

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I'm trying to insulate the back of my Abit KT7 because I just added a 131 watt peltier to it with a coppper coldplate. I have thoroughly insulated the top part of the socket and cpu but I don't know how to insulate the under side of the board. There are exposed pins outlining the socket on the underside of the mobo and I want to put weather stripping on it because it's a fine closed cell foam that has it's own adhesive. But, is that adhesive electrically conductive? I know you can't comment on a particular tape with no brand name, but are those type of adhesives typically electrically conductive? Even the smallest bit can short out the pins on the back of my mobo. Any help would be appreciated.

 
I know this doesn't help you but I don't believe they are. What you might want to do is go to like hardware store suck as True Value or Ace Hardware and ask somebody there. I know it's for your computer but they would know about stuff like that.
 
Test conductivity with an ohm meter. Preferably with a digital VOM. Just push the probes of the meter into the material at various points in an area the size of your main board. Be sure to test multiple points and place the probes in very close proximities as well. A good hardware store would probably be willing to allow you to borrow a meter if needed to test the material before you buy.

I don't know what resistance values would be acceptable as I am certain there will be some conductivity. Hopefully someone with more electronics knowledge will post more. My only suggestion would be to hold the bare probes (one in each hand) and press the sides of the bare metal with your thumbs and fingers. Measure your bodies resistance and compare to the material. If the material is lower in resistance then postpone installation until you learn more.
 
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