16 Aug
2012
16 Aug
'12
10:07 a.m.
I don't think I would want to make a cat live in my garage during the
winter. Rather cold in the winter here in Wisconsin, and ventilation
notwithstanding, can get pretty hot in the summer. Winter is when the
mice tend to like to nest in my stuff to stay warm.
Barns are much warmer in the winter, because of the animals (usually
cows in this neck of the woods) that live there.
Might help keep the gophers, squirrels, chipmunks, golden-manteled
ground squirrels and rabbits away from my wife's garden, though. ;^)
On 8/16/2012 3:53 AM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Get a cat!
It is a well known fact that rodents and felines are seldom found together.
The cat will take up residence on the warmest part of your equipment.
The cat will get bigger and the rodents fewer and fewer.
Where I grew up (about 1/2 Mile from here) there was a farm opposite.
The barn had several resident cats. I asked the Farmers wife when she fed
them as I had never seen her do so. 'Oh!' she said 'towards the end of
October when they might get a bit hungry!'
Regards
Rod Smallwood
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From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Jay Jaeger
Sent: 16 August 2012 03:47
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: PDPs in the garage
Worse than rodent feces is rodent urine which is pretty corrosive.
Temperature fluctuations kill chips.
Humidity causes corrosion, especially when mixed with the road salt that
finds its way into my garage on my car's tires or in slush attached to
the car.
I have spares and overflow in my garage, and anything that isn't bagged
up or sealed up in some kind of box (preferably plastic) seems to get
some level of eventually. Bags and boxes around stuff generally keep
them (and much of the corrosion caused by humidity) out - but
temperature is still a big problem.
On 8/15/2012 9:15 AM, David Riley wrote:
On Aug 14, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Earl Evans wrote:
I realize heat can be a big enemy of
computers/electronics. Also, since
the RL02 drives are mechanical and precision devices, they might not take
well to temperature shifts.
Thoughts?
I don't have direct experience, but my first line of thought is
that
beyond temperature extremes, you need to consider the effect that the
additional humidity and any critters that may occupy the garage can
have. The #1 problem I hear about from people restoring machines that
have been in garages and sheds on this list is "mouse feces", which is
not a problem I'd like to have.
If you're concerned about the load it is putting on the floor, why not
distribute it a bit? If you can move the rack to a thick piece of
plywood (I'd guess at least an inch thick in a normal 4x4 or 4x8 foot
section, but there are people more skilled with lumber here), you
should have a much better base.
- Dave