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LeedsFan:
How can you play on the cabinet for long if it's that cold?  I had my cabinet in a garage  before I moved.  I used to power it up and play for a bit. But it got too cold to stand and play after a while. And besides..... I had to run a hair dryer in the back for ten minutes to warm the thing up, as I was getting dodgy crackling noises from the tube due to condensation.  Now it's in my flat everyhting is great.
ChadTower:

--- Quote from: LeedsFan on January 28, 2005, 11:20:30 am ---. I had to run a hair dryer in the back for ten minutes to warm the thing up, as I was getting dodgy crackling noises from the tube due to condensation.  Now it's in my flat everyhting is great.

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Not due to condensation.  Due to the glass expanding from warming up.  By using the hair dryer you actually worsened the problem.  If that monitor still works, it's a miracle.  I bet that tube is a hair from a flaming death.
Ken Layton:

--- Quote from: TOK on January 28, 2005, 08:30:18 am ---I don't think the cold is particularly bad for electronic components. Think of all the electronics in a new car.




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All the electronic parts and circuit bards in new cars are either thickly coated with a protective (and non conductive) lacquer or they are completely encapsulated to prevent moisture/corrosion problems.
TOK:
Right. And they are going from cold to warm daily (underhood stuff from below freezing to over 100 degrees when the car is warm every time).  The cabinet is going to do it once. I've kept radio controlled aircraft gear in a cold garage for years. It gets used every spring, and it's always fine. Just my opinion based on my experience.
If you don't bring it from freezing to warm and immediately power it, you're not going to have a problem.

RayB:
Don't discount the rust issues!
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