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Posted by Quantized on Mar-08-2004 23:39:

Equipment Operating Temperature

halo thar...

does anyone know what the general temperature range for a room is, for storing your turntables, mixer and vinyl in? I checked through my user manuals but couldnt find it.

Im asking this because i cant get the goddam radiator in my uni dorm room to switch off ...cant leave the window open either when im out cos im on the ground floor and anyone could just come in and steal my stuff ...

so my rooms always very hot

hope my vinyl doesnt melt

cheers.

Posted by dukes on Mar-09-2004 00:42:

decks/mixer should be fine. electrical equipment can take a fair bit of temp before the components change there behaviour too much. the only kind of decks suseptibal to high temps are belt drive as the high temps expand the belt making it looser.

if i knew what records were actualy made of i could probly find out for you.

just keep them as far away from radiators as possable. and do not subject them to huge temp changes as this damages everything in the world ranging from rocks to fruit!!!

just remember the key rules of record storage. store upright and not to many per bundle of uprights. this will minimise any damage. the temp on its own wont do a huge amount of damage but temp and pressure will.

Posted by razzi on Mar-10-2004 08:38:

if your records are in a crate, about how many do you put in each crate before its 'too much pressure'

Posted by dukes on Mar-10-2004 10:44:

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Originally posted by razzi
if your records are in a crate, about how many do you put in each crate before its 'too much pressure'

my boxes hold 150 recs in each. so it will split 50:50 (bundel leaning on one end of box + bundel leaning on other end) but i make sure i dont fill the box..............so in a round about kind of way i tend to have bundels of bout 50-60 max. altho now ive reduced the bundles as ive found myself more space

its always good to constantly move about your records (as in not keep them in the same order) as the one at the back has alot of pressure compaired with the one at the front. i know, it aint great if you have a very specific ordering system. the way i tend to do it is to rotate a single bundle among itself while im playing thus keeping an ordered bundle while still rotating.

i personaly wouldnt like to make the bundles too much bigger than that and if my rooms ambient temp was higher i would reduce the size of the bundles. im not really sure the temp in my room....probly low...i live in scotland <--shivering not nervous!! hehe

there aint an exact definitive number to a bundle. you have to comprimise between bundel being to large (causing damage) and too small (invades alot of space + hard to keep track of order)

hope this helped