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Environment Conditions on Hardware

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GreatestOne

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Hey ya'll... I was curious... what are the limits of storing hardware in the not-so-ideal weather conditions?

For example, what are the extremities of temperature, humidity and the length of time hardware can be exposed to until it starts losing it reliability/integrity?

If there are too many variables, lets start with say a brand new monitor or TV out in like 90 degree 90% humidity weather (water/rain protected of course, but not 100% shrink-wrap sealed). How long before it degrades faster than storing in regular office conditions, if at all?
 
I would think humidity would affect it much more quickly than temperature due to moisture inside the casing--but I have no idea how someone could quantify this. Kind of a weird question, honestly. :p
 
LOL, I understand... let me put this in a more realistic hypothetical scenario so maybe I can make my decision better.

I hear of 10 decent monitors (or TV, PC's) that someone is selling away for very cheap, but they were stored in a warehouse in the aforementioned conditions for however long... I am sure a day or two would be irrelevant, but I am guessing, after about a month or more, the warmth and humidity together would probably start some advanced corrosion in some of the metal parts no? They are just sitting there and will sit there until I can raise the cash to get them.

So I'm basically trying to figure out this range of time until the monitors go past the point of no return and not worth the trouble. And this is just an example, so I need an answer more on the technical stat than something like "I wouldn't buy those monitors if they are low quality.... etc, etc..." if you know what I mean, because this will be more relevant to me in other applications as well... I just dont know how much weather conditions affect electronics in what frame of time.

I hope this helps. (If there is another category and forum maybe for this type of query, I'd be interested.... I just know there are a lot of smart people here so I thought I'd brainstorm here first :) )
 
I don't think it would effect them that much. Best way to tell would be to take them apart and visually inspect them.
 
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