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Title: Humidity and your cabinet
Post by: Mark70 on August 02, 2006, 06:08:35 pm
We're having one of the most jungle like summers on record here this year.

I build my cab out of MDF in the winter when the relative humidity is about 20%.  In the last couple of days it's been as high as 85%.

I've noticed that my lower door is sticking and worst of all, my CP overlay is getting wrinkly.  It must be growing with the increased humidity.  I should have laminated it.  In order to change is I have unwire all my buttons, uninstall all of the buttons and replace it, then put it all back.

I wait for the cheese for my whine.  Sorry.  It's just hard to see something which you put effort into to make it look good and work well, start to look not as good and work not as well.
Title: Re: Humidity and your cabinet
Post by: ahofle on August 02, 2006, 06:10:36 pm
That sucks.
Just curious, is your cabinet indoors?  I wouldn't think the humidity would be nearly as bad inside (assuming you have A/C).
Title: Re: Humidity and your cabinet
Post by: jimmy_bored on August 02, 2006, 06:45:12 pm
My cabinets are in the lower part of my house, which for whatever reason has lots of moisture in the air.  I use a dehumidifier.  There cheap and work great...
Title: Re: Humidity and your cabinet
Post by: westell on August 02, 2006, 09:49:02 pm
I have my arcade machines in the basement and run the dehumidifier 24/7 during the summer
Title: Re: Humidity and your cabinet
Post by: Mark70 on August 04, 2006, 08:14:59 am
My cabinet is in the basement.  We don't have air conditioning yet.  The AC unit just arrived yesterday.... coincidentally.  Hopefully once the air is up and running, the problem will subside.

Interesting that I've never heard of a dehumidifier as being an important piece of arcade equipment, yet a couple different people have mentioned that they use them all of the time.
Title: Re: Humidity and your cabinet
Post by: Ninten-doh on August 04, 2006, 08:20:42 am
Like Westell, I keep a dehumidifier running 24/7 during the summer as well.
Title: Re: Humidity and your cabinet
Post by: Texasmame on August 13, 2006, 03:40:34 pm
Ditto on the dehumidifier.  Home Depot carries several (Hampton Bay was the one I got).  Ran ALL THE TIME up in NH in the summer but the games NEVER showed any signs of humidity damage.

YMMV