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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I keep pins in the garage year round. No issues with operation. More dust and pollen maybe but cleans the same. </div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 02:00:54 PM EDT, The Bob via FSPA <fspa@fspazone.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp50b99024yiv9209818587"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>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.</div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div id="ydp50b99024yiv9209818587yqt98814" class="ydp50b99024yiv9209818587yqt7135621390"><div class="ydp50b99024yiv9209818587gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp50b99024yiv9209818587gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 1:54 PM Ethan O'Toole via FSPA <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp50b99024yiv9209818587gmail_quote">> hey all,<br clear="none">
> is it ok for a sys 11 game to keep and play it in an attached garage for a<br clear="none">
> maryland winter?<br clear="none">
> the garage is *not* climate controlled - it stays somewhat more temperate<br clear="none">
> than outside but definitely will be colder than the house.<br clear="none">
> anything i should be aware of/consider?<br clear="none">
> thanks<br clear="none">
> -Steve<br clear="none">
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One of my arcade cabinets (Dance Dance Revolution SN2) came from an <br clear="none">
operator that kept all of his games in a non-climate controlled commercial <br clear="none">
building in Hampton VA. It did cause rust on some of the metal, but only <br clear="none">
specific parts and nothing internal to the machine.<br clear="none">
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A lot of machines have been stored in worse environments for years and <br clear="none">
seem to have come out okay. I know operators that store old unused games <br clear="none">
in non-climate controlled spaces.<br clear="none">
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I would think rapid shifts in temperature/mositure would be bad. And <br clear="none">
moisture freezing then thawing.<br clear="none">
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I bought a game from someone locally who had the opposite problem where <br clear="none">
the backboxes were close to ceiling mounted air vents in the basement <br clear="none">
(natty gas furnace) and the warm air dried out the backbox wood.<br clear="none">
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Good luck!<br clear="none">
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- Ethan<br clear="none">
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