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Mac Desktop in Cold Garage a risk??
My home studio and computer is in my garage and in these winter months gets pretty darn cold overnight. I run the heat only so much because it's expensive enough in the house as it is and even when I do the tower is still cold to the touch. I've heard opinions on both sides saying cold won't hurt it and also that starting it up when it's cold can cause condensation to form and fry it.
Have considered simply not turning it off by enabling the sleep setting at the end of the night (disabled for optimization) , but wonder if that's a bad idea to keep on for long periods of time. Any advice would be appreciated! (It's a Mac Pro Desktop quad core 8GB) |
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Re: Mac Desktop in Cold Garage a risk??
You're going to get success stories from both camps. Me personally, I turn the heat in my studio down to 60 degrees every night and shut everything down. Been running the same imac (4 years old) that way for the last 2 years without issue.
However, this is a dry room, that does not get any condensation on the windows. A garage might be a different story, especially if you're bringing a cold snowy car in to the other stall at night.
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Re: Mac Desktop in Cold Garage a risk??
You need to consult Apple for the design spec for the environment. I think for a consumer product, this needs to be operating between 50 - 70 degrees with low humidity. If your garage goes below 50 degrees and has better than 50% humidity, you probably need a better place to keep it. Apple has the environmental parameters for this.
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Re: Mac Desktop in Cold Garage a risk??
It's a a finished garage. Not used for cars at all. We insulated it the best we could to block out the street sounds. I don't think there really is much moisture in there; it just gets quite cold when the heat's not on. It doesn't get as cold as freezing cause I leave coffee in there all the time and it's never frozen. No windows but no frost on the control room glass or mirror.
Another problem with letting it on sleep mode overnight is that the 003 rack must be turned off after the computer is off and before it's turned on so I have to shut it all down, then turn the computer back on (without the rack), enable the sleep setting and let it sleep. Then reverse this process at the beginning of the day to boot it all up again. Seems impractical... I'm hoping I'm just paranoid about the cold but I can't risk it... |
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Re: Mac Desktop in Cold Garage a risk??
The cold is nothing to worry about. It's moisture that is a problem so keeping it dry is paramount.
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Re: Mac Desktop in Cold Garage a risk??
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Re: Mac Desktop in Cold Garage a risk??
There is another side of this to experiment with, depending on what kind of heat you have in that space. The reason I mention it is; when I got a new system in my last house(all electric heat pump), the installer put in a programmable thermostat, so naturally, I programmed it to turn down while I was gone. My next 2 electric bills were the worst ever. When I asked the heating company why, they told me that this type of system is very efficient at maintaining temperature, but really inefficient at raising it more than 1 degree. So each time it wanted to go from 60 to 68 degrees, it would kick on the 20KW heating coils. For this type of system, its actually cheaper to leave it at 66. Food for thought
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