[Elecraft] Shack Equipment Storage

[Dennis Moore]

I think what's getting overlooked in many of the replies is the effect 
of the repeated expansion/contraction cycles of daily operation on the 
equipment. I'm not discounting the comments about moisture, but this is 
how we get socketed components slowly working their way out. You might 
want to open things up occasionally and make sure things are still 
seated, cables still fully connected etc. This will happen much more 
frequently in cold winters than in warm summers.

73, Dennis NJ6G

On 1/27/2021 07:18, Joseph Shuman via Elecraft wrote:
> There is a difference between stupidity and ignorance.  I claim ignorance.
>
> My shack is a room in a barn attic space, separate from the house, no HVAC so cooling is one window and heating is a space heater (when I am working the waves).  Otherwise storage is ambient temp in the room.  Winter temps typically down to low 20s, summer up to 90s.  Sunny summer temp in the shack gets up to 120.  My concerns are leaving the KX2 (#3007) and KXPA100 (#2802) in the shack and the effects of daily cycling the temp, especially in winter.  My “internet research” (maybe an oxymoron?) has such varied opinions it is worthless.  What say you, my fellow Elecraft faithful?
>
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