Attic, winter, electronics?
I have two questions. I have several boxes in the attic full of electronics, mainly PC parts and cables, chargers and three PC cases with motherboards and fans. Do I have to take them down over the winter because of the damp and cold. About 1-2 weeks they will break up there. Should I store them in the apartment instead? And two questions. I got a PC from the attic today and wanted to plug it in now, but there's this misty water on it. Should I wait a day or can I turn it on now?
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The cold doesn't matter…but when you get the parts out of the cold, then let it get warm
If, as with you, condensation water is formed, wait in any case…the parts were too warm…
So on the truck when they are transported, it also has frost and cold and humidity and I think that doesn't matter to the devices.
Cold doesn't matter, but the humidity over a longer period.
When the devices are cooled to the outside temperature, the water does not condense in it. I think that's okay as long as they're not too humid that the water condenses in the devices.
Okay, so it's frost-free, at least it's good.
That's what I meant, the questioner wanted to store the equipment over winter on a damp attic, if I understood it correctly, and that would be a problem for the long period.
The "cold" doesn't do anything first, problem is the humidity when it's too high to store in the apartment. As a rule, all electrical appliances should come from the cold-nose into the heated apartment min. Leave 1 day (aclimatising)