Outside Receiver

Pauly

I was over my cousins house yesterday and he was talking about putting some speakers and a tv outside since he does alot of outside entertaining. ? We live in Florida and if you know anything about Fl it gets very humid out side. Outside speakers should be ok. Tey would be under the awning of the back porch leading to the pool. My question is about the receiver being put outside. I said i didnt think it would be a good idea thinking it would get all that mosture in he electronics and burn it out but would it be fine. Hes probably just gonna get a cheapo KLH or somthing to push some in ceiling speakers (trying to talk into polk...will see). Anyone have any input?


Thanks,

Spaz

steveinaz

I have a receiver, cd player, and speakers out on my patio. The receiver and cd player are "in" my bar, behind doors, but they do still get pretty dusty. About once a month I pop the top off and vaccuum it. I keep an old towel wrapped around it when not being used, to combat condensation build-up. So far its working--I haven't had any problems with it. I'm in southern Arizona, so it's pretty dry here with he exception of monsoon season (July-August), and winter mornings when the dew point is high.

I don't sweat it, the Yamaha receiver was acquired in a trade (thanks Terrax!) the DVD player I use as a CD Player is a $99 Panasonic, and I have some cheapo Radio Shack 2-way speakers ($40/pr) which sound surprisingly good. I would imagine if anything will fail, it'll be the CD because of the dust/dirt factor in the southwest desert.

I would highly recommend he get something used, hunt garage sales or flea markets--or HERE. Buy one of those $49 DVD players to spin CD's with; stuff that won't break your heart if it doesn't hold up to the elements. Another alternative (something I thought about) is to build some sort of "rack" using plexiglass in the door (for rain) and maybe insulate it to prevent condensation.

Oh, also; if he's not buying speakers made specifically for outdoor use, tell him to get something with poly drivers or other "non-paper" cones--they tolerate humidity changes better.

amulford

I have a 2 channel set up out at my pool. I use a so-so book shelf system (sharp 75 WPC) with a couple of outdoor speakers (bose 251's). It works and I didn't spend all that much to worry about it.:cool:

sachinsood

It would be a good idea to keep the receiver and DVD player inside a small and enclosed audio/video storage.

Also, you could use silica gel (or any other drying agent) pouches and keep those around the receiver and dvd player to suck in the moisture. They do a pretty good job of keeping the air dry around them.