condensation - should i fear it?

[RyE]

Ok, well I live in the California Bay Area and it is pretty much the coldest time of the year. It never snows, but at night it gets down to like 25 degrees farhenheit. Yea, the birdbath freezes, theres lots of frost on the lawn ect. (pool doesnt freeze tho).

This morning I had to go get some new milk out of the garage refrigerator at around 7 am and noticed how cold it was in there. What if I were to bring my computer down their all night to get really cold temps. I have a sk6 and a ys-tech 60mm fan that spins around 8000rpms most of the time.

So my question is, will there be any danger to my processor in thoes kind of conditions? Thx

[UserName]

no.

you get condensation on cold things sometimes.

If you see cold things without condensation on them the condensation is not a problem.

do you see condensation in you garage?

[tyshy]

I wouldn't say that it is that much or a problem but is your computer in your garage or in your house. If it is in your house then i don't think it would have a problem....unless your house isn't heated. By the way, thats not cold at all. I live in central new york and we have about a foot of snow and its about 5-10F at night. Today it was warmer....30-40F but thats about it. As for the computer, unless you see condensation on it then there isn't anything to waorry about. The only thing i can advise if you are really worried about it being damaged, is that you can water proof spray the whole system. Also, i heard somewhere it is not good to turn on the comp after it has been out in the cold (car) for a long time. You should let it warm up first. Its just like having frozen pipes in your house. If you turn on the hot water, it will either burst the pipes or it will cause the ice to melt and create a flood in your basement. The same concept applies.

[Krusty]

The answer is absolutely not. If you have your computer running, the temperature of all your components will be higher than the temperature of the ambient air. This is exactly the opposite of the situation in which you would need to worry about condensation. Warm air and cold components, as in a peltier or frozen radiator setup, is what causes the condensation.

[RyE]

ahh thx =). Maybe I can look forward to 15c - 20c with air cooling. Btw, 25f is really cold here in california! I like have to wear a sweatshirt or jacket all the time when Im outside. Sometimes even inside!

[AntiHeiss]

They are right...condensation wouldn't be a problem....let me also add that what really sucks is living in Texas where its 5°F at night and around 70°F to 80°F during the day...ugh I hate that.

[Krusty]

Originally posted by AntiHeiss
They are right...condensation wouldn't be a problem....let me also add that what really sucks is living in Texas where its 5°F at night and around 70°F to 80°F during the day...ugh I hate that.

Well...I was gonna refer you to my "Gawd I love California" post, but it appears to have been deleted once it fell off the front page, so now I'll leave you with a quick story:

2 weeks ago, my parents were up in the Bay area and my uncle said to them, "I would like to go down and see Balboa some time. When does it start getting warm down there?"

My dads reply was, "tomorrow"

He didn't seem to believe that we have been basking in 70-80 degree weather the past several weeks.

So anyways, yeah, 25 is damn cold for CA