Island Camps and Televisions

ishoot308 · 06-04-2009, 12:01 PM

I just purchased a couple large screen LCD TV's for the island camp and I would assume that since LCD TV's are put in RV's and vans across America and never taken out in cold weather, one would think they should be O.K. left in an unheated island camp over the winter...Right??

What do most of you islanders do in the winter with your TV's?? I am hoping simply leaving them there would be O.K. then slowly allow them to get up to temperature in the spring before turning on would be O.K. as I really don't want to move these back and forth!!

Thanks!

Dan

Orion · 06-04-2009, 12:28 PM

I had the same concern when I bought my LCD TV for the camp 2 years ago. I brought it home the first winter but left it at camp last winter. The manufacturer has a storage temp range that goes down to -4 deg F. The temp in the camp never got that cold last winter (-14 outside, -3 inside) since it lags the outside temp drop and never really gets as cold as outside though it "could" go below -4 if the temp stayed that low long enough. There may be some "buffer" in that manufacturer limit and could possibly tolerate much colder but I don't know for sure. I'll be leaving it at camp from here on. If there is some concern, perhaps you could cover it somehow (original box cover?) and carefully put a small lamp in with it ...maybe 7w candle bulb might suffice. Check your manual for manufacturers recommended storage temps.

Marker42 · 06-08-2009, 08:45 AM

we leave ours on the island. the newer tv's and other lcd electronics phone's etc are constructed to stand up to colded temps. see manufactures manual spec section. I did have a neighbor a few years back with a large screen lcd that did freeze and cost him about 5k at the time.

ishoot308 · 06-08-2009, 09:36 AM

I found out that my TV's are also good for -4 degrees storage. I'm leaving them at the camp! I just got both of them installed this weekend and it would be too much of a P.I.A. to take out every year. I'll take my chances!

Thanks for the replies!

Dan

dpg · 06-08-2009, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Orion

I had the same concern when I bought my LCD TV for the camp 2 years ago. I brought it home the first winter but left it at camp last winter. The manufacturer has a storage temp range that goes down to -4 deg F. The temp in the camp never got that cold last winter (-14 outside, -3 inside) since it lags the outside temp drop and never really gets as cold as outside though it "could" go below -4 if the temp stayed that low long enough. There may be some "buffer" in that manufacturer limit and could possibly tolerate much colder but I don't know for sure. I'll be leaving it at camp from here on. If there is some concern, perhaps you could cover it somehow (original box cover?) and carefully put a small lamp in with it ...maybe 7w candle bulb might suffice. Check your manual for manufacturers recommended storage temps.

I'd be very nervous about leaving any watt running all winter unattended. Just my .02

06-04-2009, 12:01 PM	#1
ishoot308 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gilford, NH / Welch Island Posts: 5,928 Thanks: 2,285 Thanked 4,939 Times in 1,915 Posts	Island Camps and Televisions I just purchased a couple large screen LCD TV's for the island camp and I would assume that since LCD TV's are put in RV's and vans across America and never taken out in cold weather, one would think they should be O.K. left in an unheated island camp over the winter...Right?? What do most of you islanders do in the winter with your TV's?? I am hoping simply leaving them there would be O.K. then slowly allow them to get up to temperature in the spring before turning on would be O.K. as I really don't want to move these back and forth!! Thanks! Dan

06-04-2009, 12:28 PM	#2
Orion Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cow Island Posts: 914 Thanks: 602 Thanked 193 Times in 91 Posts	been there I had the same concern when I bought my LCD TV for the camp 2 years ago. I brought it home the first winter but left it at camp last winter. The manufacturer has a storage temp range that goes down to -4 deg F. The temp in the camp never got that cold last winter (-14 outside, -3 inside) since it lags the outside temp drop and never really gets as cold as outside though it "could" go below -4 if the temp stayed that low long enough. There may be some "buffer" in that manufacturer limit and could possibly tolerate much colder but I don't know for sure. I'll be leaving it at camp from here on. If there is some concern, perhaps you could cover it somehow (original box cover?) and carefully put a small lamp in with it ...maybe 7w candle bulb might suffice. Check your manual for manufacturers recommended storage temps.

06-08-2009, 08:45 AM	#3
Marker42 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: lakes region Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	...................... we leave ours on the island. the newer tv's and other lcd electronics phone's etc are constructed to stand up to colded temps. see manufactures manual spec section. I did have a neighbor a few years back with a large screen lcd that did freeze and cost him about 5k at the time.

06-08-2009, 09:36 AM	#4
ishoot308 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gilford, NH / Welch Island Posts: 5,928 Thanks: 2,285 Thanked 4,939 Times in 1,915 Posts	-4 Storage I found out that my TV's are also good for -4 degrees storage. I'm leaving them at the camp! I just got both of them installed this weekend and it would be too much of a P.I.A. to take out every year. I'll take my chances! Thanks for the replies! Dan