A thought--
My parents have a piano at the beach
They leave a small wattage light bulb going inside it when they are away
It helps
Perhaps with a Henry if you left a light bulb going if you'll not be
using it for awhile, that will keep the humidity out.
Marty had an Alpha 78 at the same station -- we never noticed a problem
with humidity getting to it. But it doesn't have that big choke or the
500pf standoff ceramic doorknob caps. It also doesn't run 4000 V.
Dave N7UE
On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Jim Reid wrote:
> At 06:39 PM 4/1/97 -0800, David B. Ritchie wrote:
>
> >The ones that I've used were in Hawaii and its very humid there --
> >perhaps that contributed to the mortality rate.
> >
>
> Yes, that is why I leave my computers and both transceivers on
> 24 hours per day. However, not the Alpha 87A. I believe the
> tubes will last much longer without the filaments heating the
> cathodes for 24 hours per day, but who knows? Should the
> 87A be on all the time, on standby? Would clearly keep the
> moisture out, but the little radio shack room stays at about
> 80F from the heat of the computers, etc. That ought to keep
> the innards of the 87A dry, I hope. Any other high humidity
> survival ideas?
>
> 73, Jim, KH7M
>
>
David B. Ritchie, Esq.
D'Alessandro & Ritchie, P.C. -- Intellectual Property Lawyers
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