[R-390] Boatanchor Storage - Some questions???

[Michael Crestohl]

Hi Gang:

I've been lurking in the shadows for quite some time now and  have enjoyed 
reading much of the traffic on here.  I'd like to pose a question to the 
group that may become an interesting thread for all.

My family and I recently moved into a house here in the Upper Valley region 
of Vermont/New Hampshire.  We have a nice two-car garage which has new 
electric doors that lock and a cement floor, basement ( with cement floor) 
and an attic.  All three places are unheated.

My question is about equipment storage.   I would like to know what is the 
best place to store my "Boatanchors" and manuals collection that are not 
being used at this time.  I have kept them in a temperature and humidity 
controlled storage facility for the past three and a half years (don't ask 
what it has cost me!) but now is the time to move them.

My concerns are the heat of the attic in the summer and the potential of 
high humidity and of flooding of the basement.  I would also like to know 
the best way to test the basement for humidity and what is an acceptable 
level.  If this is relevant the house is heated by forced air from an 
oil-burning furnace less than a year old. The house itself is about 85 
years old and is located at the top of a 100 foot embankment.  My manuals 
are boxed in USPS Priority Mail boxes (the older ones with the non-sticky 
flaps) which serve as a filing system as well as keeping them flat and on 
order.

So basically I'm asking about the best place to store vacuum tube-based 
electronic equipment and paper manuals in an 85 year-old house with an 
attic, basement and two-car garage in Central Vermont.

73 all,

Michael Crestohl
W1RC
mc@sover.net