[FSPA] keeping/playing machine in garage

[William F. Wulf II]

Consider also that critters may try to nest inside it. I've moved a few
pinball machines that had become home to undesirable creatures because the
electronics were warmer than the environment. .




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On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 2:10 PM Daniel Reynolds via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:

> (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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