I have a customer who would like to buy a flat panel Plasma or LCD. They will keep it in Bar Harbor Maine for the winter.

In the summer it will get used, but in the winter they drain the pipes and there is no heat.Power is shut off in the house as well.


I am guessing the temperature in the Maine winter will be well below freezing. Will this damage the TV? I know they get shipped and stored in the winter and all but only for a short time.

Does anyone have any experience with this or suggestions? Taking the TV elsewhere for the winter is not an option ( I tried ).

Thanks to all who replies.

I would expect that, even inside a house, in Maine, in the dead of winter that the temperature would never drop much below zero.

The operational temperatures of most devices are generally given as a guideline for just that, actual operation.

I would not shy from installing/selling them the product knowing the above facts you mentioned. I WOULD however make damn sure to point out to them that the electronics should be brought back to room temperature slowly (as wold likely happen anyway) to avoide condensation BEFORE being switched on. If they walk into a house that' below freezing and proceed to fire up their toys before heating up their house, then they got bigger issues anyway ;-) !

I work all over the southwest, many places have double digit below zero temps in the winter. We frequently leave our shop, and drive to a location with gear in trucks and trailers, where it may stay for for three or four days. I have never had problems if I just let stuff warm back up first. Granted this is not MONTHS in the cold, but you get the idea.

good luck!

Thanks AVDude.

By below freezing I mean't below 32 degrees. It is very likely winter in Maine will be that cold in a house with no heat. They probably wouldn't even go there in the cold so the warm up issue would happen gradualy. Thanks for the feedback.

Anyone else?

I realize that here in Denver, CO, USA, freezing might be around 32 degrees, but wouldn't ZERO be colder than 32, even in Maine?

Just jabbin...actually I have an uncle who's an architect in Maine, and that's where I pulled the zero inside a house with no heat from...it was not in celsius, I meant roughly zero fahrenheit...

It's 4 degrees here right now (not counting wind chill)!!!
I can't imagine ANYBODY would even consider kickin' back and watchin' the tube BEFORE they warmed the house up!!!
I don't think there will be a problem.

Jeez!!! All winter at sub-freezing temps?
I hope they treat there dog better than there summer home!!!

Not a problem.

Let the stuff warm up and you'll be fine.

(Current weather conditions: -10 f)

I'm afraid the plasma liquid will expand in the cold and cause problems. Then when the temperature rises again, you'll have to call the serviceman in to refill it.

(HA!)

I have my plasmas recharged every year, it keeps the picture quality at its best and saves my kids from excessive radiation.

you shoulda bought the 5 year extended warranty. A great value for $2,000

Thanks to all

That's why I recomend that he use the hi octane gas, it will freeze at a lower temperature. :-P