Televisions in the winter
I am not sure if I need to do this but I am planning on removing my TVs from my trailer for the winter. This is our first trailer that has flat screens. Is this what the rest of you do...at least t...
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n7bsn wrote:
The first thing you need to realize, is that not all LCDs are equal. It's more expensive to make wide temperature range LCDs, since TVs don't need to operate at -40, they aren't designed to.
I just checked:
Samsung's specs operating is 50 to 104 (F), storage is -4 to 113.
Phillips operating is 41 to 104, storage is -15 to 122.
My take from the manufacturers specs, if you get real sub-zero, store inside.
Then there is the entire theft thing, LCD TVs are easy to sell, so they are often stolen out of rigs (or why so many dealers don't keep the TVs in rigs)
Forget the winter. It looks like summertime is the killer for TV's. At least around here I can't imagine many of them are less than 122°F when parked for any time at all (or maybe even on the road between stops.)
