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Will audio gear be ok in unheated house

I have a cottage.   I drain the pipes and the house is left unheated over the winter.  I have been taking my audio gear home (except for the speakers)  when I leave in the fall  for theft worries, but  mostly because I am not sure  the equipment will be OK in an unheated house in an often damp environment until the late spring when I return.

It is a pain taking it back and forth and I would prefer to leave it there.  Maybe in garbage bags with some bags of dessicant in the garbage bags.

Anybody have any experience with this.  I have been unable to find a good answer searching the web.

 

Thanks

peipaul
thecarpathian
4,170 posts
 

What part of the country?

coralkong's avatar
coralkong
593 posts
 

It will be fine.

They make moisture absorbtion media (comes in a small bucket) that people use in boats when they over-winter (shrink-wrap) their vessels. Certainly an option. Google "DampRid".

I’d look into that, but your plan with sealing the equipment up with a dessicant inside would also work.

Just let the equipment fully warm up prior to use.

 

 

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lwin
568 posts
 

I have wrestled with this issue also. It is a pain in the neck bringing gear back and forth. Like you, I am mostly concerned about theft. What you plan to do sounds good and going forward I may try it. I swear my integrated tube amp gains 5 pounds every year.

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dill
2,443 posts
 

"when I leave in the fall for theft worries"

- So you are changing your mind about this reason?

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