teknomedic
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I'm wondering a few things about storing my vids.
Long story short... I recently moved to a new home. Before now my vids were setup in our finished basement (I hate stairs BTW, lol). While we sold our previous house, I stored the machines in a large storage unit (no AC or heating) and one of my Marquees obviously had some issues with the humidity. After the move the machines are now all sitting in an "out building" (basically a large garage). The section they're sitting in is about 24ftx30ft with a cement floor and a cheap LP gas fire place for heating. There's currently no air conditioning, but I do have an old window unit that I might try and place out there for cooling.
I'm wondering a few things about this setup. Since I'm more or less in the country now, it's going to be a bit harder to keep full control of any possible rodents... not only mice and rats, but larger creatures such as Raccoons or smaller ones such as bugs. Any suggestions on maintaining order?? Since this won't be a living area, it could be weeks or even months between "visits" to the arcade... especially in the winter.
Also, even though it's setup for heat (and perhaps later cooling with a window AC) I certainly can't afford to keep that area heated and cooled at all times throughout the year (Minnesota winters, btw). Are there any tips for controlling humidity or avoiding any possible severe cold or heat damage? Worse case scenarios include -50F cold and +100F heat with or without 10-90% humidity. Of course that pretty much worse case, but even average winters are darn cold and summers crazy hot/humid in Minnesota.
Finally, I'm sure there are some things I even haven't thought of so if anyone else has a similar setup please offer up what you've learned.
Thanks for any tips, suggestions or even stories.
Long story short... I recently moved to a new home. Before now my vids were setup in our finished basement (I hate stairs BTW, lol). While we sold our previous house, I stored the machines in a large storage unit (no AC or heating) and one of my Marquees obviously had some issues with the humidity. After the move the machines are now all sitting in an "out building" (basically a large garage). The section they're sitting in is about 24ftx30ft with a cement floor and a cheap LP gas fire place for heating. There's currently no air conditioning, but I do have an old window unit that I might try and place out there for cooling.
I'm wondering a few things about this setup. Since I'm more or less in the country now, it's going to be a bit harder to keep full control of any possible rodents... not only mice and rats, but larger creatures such as Raccoons or smaller ones such as bugs. Any suggestions on maintaining order?? Since this won't be a living area, it could be weeks or even months between "visits" to the arcade... especially in the winter.
Also, even though it's setup for heat (and perhaps later cooling with a window AC) I certainly can't afford to keep that area heated and cooled at all times throughout the year (Minnesota winters, btw). Are there any tips for controlling humidity or avoiding any possible severe cold or heat damage? Worse case scenarios include -50F cold and +100F heat with or without 10-90% humidity. Of course that pretty much worse case, but even average winters are darn cold and summers crazy hot/humid in Minnesota.
Finally, I'm sure there are some things I even haven't thought of so if anyone else has a similar setup please offer up what you've learned.
Thanks for any tips, suggestions or even stories.

