Can sun/ dust damanage your speakers/ electronics?

Tour2ma

wallstreet wrote:

Amen brother!

I can testify... UV... that's why people should use Armour All.... or Coppertone... on their MW's.

Walter, where you been?

wallstreet

Y'all aren't playing your speakers loud enough if there is dust collecting on them.

StopherJJ1980

heiney9 wrote:

Ever heard of Ultraviolet rays (UV) (and other components) that's what's damaging in sunlight. Your analogy of indoor light to sunlight is completely wrong. If that were the case our skin wouldn't get tan/burned when we went outside in the sun. Heat can be an issue (beyond normal temps/like those in an oven) but humidity will do more damage than heat.

Geez, where do people get this stuff

H9

Yes of course I have. But there is a difference between UV exposure if you leave your speakers outside in direct sunlight or indoors where the sunlight is indirect or filtered. In fact even if indoor direct sunlight would be hitting speakers directly, it would be either in the early morning or late evening so that the sun would be at a low enough angle to get through the side windows (as I believe this is when the poster said this was occuring). And at this time the sun itself is hitting the earth indirectly and is filtered by more of the atmosphere, decreasing UV rays, hence you dont get burned in the morning or evening. And thats why you dont get sunburns sitting on your couch. Unless your couch is outside

Thats why I qualified my statement by saying unless the speakers are within a foot or two of a window... I suppose a skylight would be bad though...

Thanks for the belligerent tone in your response though

heiney9

StopherJJ1980 wrote:

Thanks for the belligerent tone in your response though

Sorry you took the response as belligerent. I stand by my assessment.

H9

wallstreet

I think belligerence is free on this board. Advice, however, will cost you.

Tour2ma

Damn it, walter, I was gonna say that...

Now all I've got is, "Could have skylights."

Zen Dragon

michael_w wrote:

I never thought of getting an air purifier. I wonder if one of those fancy ionic purifiers would work as well.

There are several extensive studies on the Ionic that show it does not do a good job of puifying the air. The Hepa's are much more efficient. Ionic is the largest seller of purifiers due to their superior advertising, kind of like Bose.
Consumer reports tested a whole slew of purifiers and said the Ionic was only removing about 5% of the pollutants the Hepa types were. So Ionic sued them for slandering their product. Consumer reports ran the tests a second time with several proffessionals monitoring the results and got the same results on the tests as before.
When the case got to court it was thrown out due to consumer reports meticulous documentation.
If you want to go with an air purifier go with the hepa style. When you get into some of the better ones they have done a decent job of quieting them. I use a Kenmore (there are better) and it is just a soft white noise that you quickly forget you are hearing.
Lots of info out there if you look for it.