How close to the ocean can you safely keep games?

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Thinking of moving down to San Diego in the next year or two but i was wondering how close is too close to the ocean to keep vids and pins fro getting destroyed by salt air?
 
I wouldn't bring my games to the beach. lol
Moving them on sand would be a pain.
Maybe if your house was this close to the beach it would be a big consideration.
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There are games at many tourist pier and boardwalk locations. Of course the games are indoors but they seem to be fine. I would guess that those are about 60-100ft from the ocean.
 
I'm pretty sure some cruise ships have arcades....

at least in a cruise ship it is in the interior of the ship and not too close to the the spray....capt. johns whale watching boats, out of plymouth had a galaxian on board when i was a kid. I remember playing it and getting hit with water through the window.

I'd say you're ok if you have them in the house in a controlled environment.
 
I have a friend who's a pinball tech and he told me that a few houses he services out in Orange County, Laguna Beach, Newport, etc. have games with rust on them.
 
I am 6 blocks to the ocean. In the house with 50 plus and no prob at all with any of them.In the garage 10 games been there about 1 year no issues. In the shop i have 15 games and a game that has been out there almost 4 years with no heat and i really do not see any problem at all. And we get a lot of rain and wind here. At least you will get weather above 70. Never happens here.lol
 
i used to live in mass, across the street from the beach, and i never had a problem with my games getting rusty or whatever. generally had the windows open all the time in the summer. so yeah, as long as you're not thinking of taking them swimming with you, you should be ok...
 
If you end up west of the I5 freeway, pretty much everything not powder coated that is metal will eventually rust. And it may not take that long, either. If you are really close to the beach, put the games in an air conditioned room so they stay dry.
 
If you end up west of the I5 freeway, pretty much everything not powder coated that is metal will eventually rust. And it may not take that long, either. If you are really close to the beach, put the games in an air conditioned room so they stay dry.

Says the guy in Missouri >_>...

East of the 15 is bad for cabs since the air is so dry it has the possibility of making the stenciled graphics crack (seen this first hand). San Jose / norcal Is where a whole bunch of games came from, and I'd say California has one of the (if not the) biggest number of arcade collectors. Everything rusts over time. That is why you take care of things. I've lived in Los angeles county all my life, and have had cabs for 6 or so years. Southern california air is probably BETTER for cabs than say south carolina, texas, louisiana, etc... For one thing, it doesn't get humid here very often. Humidity is what makes things rust. I'd say you're safe with cabs as long as you're not right on the beach. If you are really afraid of sea air, make it a mile of two from the water. Any more than that would make no real difference.
 
Too close

I worked as a tech for an arcade under the Huntington Beach Pier in the early '80s. That was too close. It got flooded once. I hated the Sea Wolf game. It kept freezing from corrosion and it smelled like sea weed.
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Says the guy in Missouri >_>...

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Take it from another Missourian, ocean air is not kind to games. I purchased a game sight unseen from a sea side location. Every fastener on the game was heavily rusted, and all metal surfaces had notable corrosion. This game was less than ten years old at the time, so I'd say ocean air can impact games fairly quickly.
 
I saw lots of games of various kinds in Catalina most of my life and no rust and they are yards from the water in the middle of the ocean. If they are outside that would be a different story.
 
I'd say 1,564 miles from the coast is a comfortable setting place.

Someone mentioned California seems to be the safest place for games, due to the amount of collectors & machines there. What if, because a lot of those games were taken there, it is the very reason that so few survive today? :D j/k
 
If the tide comes in and the games don't get wet, then I'd say they're far enough away...
 
You'll probably want the handtruck with rubber inflatable tires, not the hard ones, for moving them on the beach.
 
Thinking of moving down to San Diego in the next year or two but i was wondering how close is too close to the ocean to keep vids and pins fro getting destroyed by salt air?
America's finest city, you will not be dissapointed. :) I've never had a problem with any of my games, San Marcos is 10 miles from the ocean. I've stored games at my parents, 1/4 mile away, and never had a problem either. I think as long as they are indoors you should be fine...

Is this a trick question, did I just get punked?
 
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