[FSPA] keeping/playing machine in garage

[The Bob]

This is predicated on you having a modern garage with a seal for the door
so Alvin and the Chipmunks can't get inside. :>  Also if your game or any
other electronic device is dripping wet, don't turn it on.

On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 2:39 PM William F. Wulf II via FSPA <
fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:

> 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:
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>> (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:
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>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
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>>>> 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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