[FSPA] keeping/playing machine in garage

[Daniel Reynolds]

(also, turning on a cold game could result in shorting things out from
condensation)

On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 2:08 PM Daniel Reynolds <daniel.j.reynolds at gmail.com>
wrote:

> the fluctuations in temperature will cause more condensation than you'd
> get in climate-controlled areas, resulting in faster rusting and increased
> likelihood of caps and batteries bursting.
>
> On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 2:05 PM Edward Most via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I keep pins in the garage year round. No issues with operation. More dust
>> and pollen maybe but cleans the same.
>>
>> On Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 02:00:54 PM EDT, The Bob via FSPA <
>> fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> The pins I left in my FL storage unit for a year definitely showed some
>> corrosion.  I wouldn't be as concerned with MD unless you're very close to
>> the Bay but even then it wouldn't be as bad as mine. A garage is WAY better
>> than a storage unit.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 1:54 PM Ethan O'Toole via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > hey all,
>> > is it ok for a sys 11 game to keep and play it in an attached garage
>> for a
>> > maryland winter?
>> > the garage is *not* climate controlled - it stays somewhat more
>> temperate
>> > than outside but definitely will be colder than the house.
>> > anything i should be aware of/consider?
>> > thanks
>> > -Steve
>>
>> One of my arcade cabinets (Dance Dance Revolution SN2) came from an
>> operator that kept all of his games in a non-climate controlled
>> commercial
>> building in Hampton VA. It did cause rust on some of the metal, but only
>> specific parts and nothing internal to the machine.
>>
>> A lot of machines have been stored in worse environments for years and
>> seem to have come out okay. I know operators that store old unused games
>> in non-climate controlled spaces.
>>
>> I would think rapid shifts in temperature/mositure would be bad. And
>> moisture freezing then thawing.
>>
>> I bought a game from someone locally who had the opposite problem where
>> the backboxes were close to ceiling mounted air vents in the basement
>> (natty gas furnace) and the warm air dried out the backbox wood.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>>                 - Ethan
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