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Several Tips For Storing Electronics

Dennis Jenkins

If you have excess electronics around your home, you might benefit from using a climate controlled storage unit. This option can help to free up space in your home, but you will need to take some special precautions to help prevent these items from falling victim to some common sources of damage. To help you with protecting these items, you should keep these three tips in mind.

Use A Climate Controlled Unit For Storing Electronics

You might be tempted to attempt to reduce the cost of renting a storage unit by choosing the lowest cost unit available. However, if you are storing sensitive electronics, you will want to pay the extra cost for a climate controlled unit. These units have a constant temperature and humidity, which will reduce the risk of the electronics being damaged. If you make the mistake of using a standard unit, it might expose the electronics to extremely high temperatures, and this may cause the internal components to melt. Furthermore, the humidity levels may get high enough to cause condensation to form, and this may corrode the metal connections in the devices. For these reasons, the additional expense of choosing a climate-controlled system will be far more than worth it.

Prevent Dust Accumulations

Dust can also cause damage to electronics. As a result, covering these devices is important. However, you need to avoid using a plastic cover for this task because it can trap moisture around the electronics, which can lead to damage. Instead of a plastic cover, you will want to use a cotton sheet or a large piece of canvas. These materials will be able to effectively prevent accumulations from forming, and they will allow enough air to circulate to prevent moisture from becoming trapped.

Raise The Electronics And Cover The Screens

Additionally, you will want to raise the electronics so that they are not directly on the floor. This can be easily done with pallets. While this may seem unnecessary, this simple step will prevent the electronics from becoming damaged if the unit were to suffer minor flooding.  

Storing electronics does not have to be a risky task because you can use some fairly simple tips to help minimize the risk of serious damages occurring. More precisely, using a climate controlled storage unit, covering the devices to prevent dust, and raising these items off of the floor will greatly reduce the risk of some of the more common damages occurring to these items.


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