Help ! Games with serious moisture/dew problems

pcjohn

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I do seasonal service work at a location on the boardwalk. Many of their
machines have a terrible problem with moisture and dew buildup.

For example, yesterday I opened up a computer from a driving game
and there were water droplets all over the CPU and cabinet fans as well
as other parts of the motherboard.

I presume most of this forms at night when the machines are powered
down and the equipment and building cools down.

I have treated the monitors with corona dope which shields the anode
cap and almost eliminates the lightning shows in the morning, however I
have absolutely no ideas of how to protect the computers in the games.

I've pulled all the covers off the computers in games, this seems to
help but I'm wondering how others in this situation have handled the
problem.

Thanks,

JD
 
I live in a very high humidity location, rainfall 8 months out of the year.

I use http://www.amazon.com/GoldenRod-36-...G6T2/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1338164281&sr=8-7 these.

I put one every 4 machines, and leave a ceiling fan running to circulate the air works fantastic.

You could also put the smaller 12" and 18" ones inside the machines as well if the problem is very severe although I've never tried that.

The rods are cheaper to run than a 2.5 gallon room dehumidifier.

All the damp rid type products just suck.

Mr. CAST
 
Interesting product, the only problem is this arcade is about 12000 square feet
and I would need a lot of them. I might be able to convince the bosses to start
with a few of them and see how they work on the more problematic games.

Thanks,

John


I live in a very high humidity location, rainfall 8 months out of the year.

I use http://www.amazon.com/GoldenRod-36-...G6T2/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1338164281&sr=8-7 these.

I put one every 4 machines, and leave a ceiling fan running to circulate the air works fantastic.

You could also put the smaller 12" and 18" ones inside the machines as well if the problem is very severe although I've never tried that.

The rods are cheaper to run than a 2.5 gallon room dehumidifier.

All the damp rid type products just suck.

Mr. CAST
 
One lower cost solution would be to mount a single incandescent light bulb near the bottom within the cabinet to act as a small space heater when the game is not powered on. You'd have to experiment with wattages and see what's the lowest you could still get away with that would effectively keep the condensation from forming.

While that might be prohibitive for every game, you might still install them in the problematic machines. When I worked in the electric motor industry, it was standard practice to run space heaters in the motors anytime they were powered down to protect the windings from condensation accumulation including when the motors were stored out of service.
 
ok another Stupid Idea that might work

ok another one of my Stupid idea's that MIGHT work....

if you cabnet has the space near the bottom...


a LARGE DAMP-RID Container in the bottom..

that or Mount yer PCB's ina Plexi Box and the condensation won't build up in the boards.


my 2 cents stupid idea's...

Good Luck.

Daniel.
 
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