Take TV out over winter.

[Jebster]

Trying to decide if we should take our TV out over the winter. Who does and doesn't?

Thanks

[opnspaces]

I say take it out. Not because it will get damaged, I just want my post to be different than all the others. :B

[FunnyCamper]

no, don't take it out. ever.

[milo]

It was -28 degrees when we brought the brand spanking new 5er home from the dealer with the tv in there so guess it's gonna stay in there 24/7/365.

[rk911]

Jebster wrote:
Trying to decide if we should take our TV out over the winter. Who does and doesn't?

Thanks

we don't..no need. the TVs will do just fine in sub-zero weather. just don't try to power them up until they and the room have warmed up to a room temp where the humans are comfy.

[Jebster]

Well, it seems like everyone thinks I should take it out......a hahahahahaha! Thanks folks, won't mess with taking it out.

[mgirardo]

We leave all 3 LCD displays in our Motorhome year round. Five and a half years later and all the TVs work fine.

-Michael

[DutchmenSport]

Jim Shoe wrote:
If you leave your TV in your RV over the winter, all the pixels will freeze and fall in a pile at the bottom of the screen.

Just Kidding. :B

Pixel fairy will also pick them up and and fly away too!

We leave the one mounted in the up and down thing cabinet because you have to go through a window to unscrew the mount. The other one in the bed room is a quick mount I installed myself. It comes inside, because we use it over the winter.

[time2roll]

Check the manual for storage temperature specifications.

Otherwise, NO

[DrewE]

skipnchar wrote:
Mine stays in the RV 365. The only way you can get into trouble leaving it in is if you choose to sit out in the RV with no heat turned on and watch TV but don't know anybody who does that. For what it's worth there is no liquid in liquid crystal diodes (LCD televisions). "Liquid" describes it's characteristics not it's properties.
Good luck / Skip

Sitting out in the cold watching would almost certainly be OK for the TV. I won't speculate what it does to the sanity of the couch potato. The screen might not look its best if its very cold (response time tends to go down, and such like).

Trouble can come if you use it while condensation has formed inside, which happens when the surrounding air is warmer than the TV (and has sufficient humidity), hence the wisdom of letting it warm up before using it. Even if not for the electronics, it's hard to make out what's going on when the screen is all fogged up.

But yeah, there's no more need of bringing the TV in for the winter than there is of bringing in the converter or the engine computer or any of the other electronics.

[skipnchar]

Mine stays in the RV 365. The only way you can get into trouble leaving it in is if you choose to sit out in the RV with no heat turned on and watch TV but don't know anybody who does that. For what it's worth there is no liquid in liquid crystal diodes (LCD televisions). "Liquid" describes it's characteristics not it's properties.
Good luck / Skip

[cyntdon2010]

we live in Florida, camping all year...

[twodoor]

Jack_Diane_Freedom wrote:
Have never taken out the tv in any of my last 5 trailers over 20 years, no problem. Dealers do not take them out and there are thousands of frozen TV's in trailers on their lots all over northern USA and Canada.

Thats my theory.

[Jim_Shoe]

If you leave your TV in your RV over the winter, all the pixels will freeze and fall in a pile at the bottom of the screen.

Just Kidding. :B

[Dutch_12078]

The quick explanation for leaving LCD TV's in place is that there is NO liquid in an LCD, only crystals that have some liquid like properties. They do not freeze.