This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment One thing to definitely, not leave in the car in below freezing weather, is all SAT's before the SATlll, with the flash memory. I forgot to bring mine in, years ago, and because of the cold, the internal battery, that held the RAM, I think it is, for the "housekeeping", dropped below the hold on voltage. So my SAT died, and I had to take it back to Inventronics for a reprogramming. That is why, I like the SATlll, it has flash memory. Mind you, I still bring it in, in the Winter. I leave my strings and parts in, year round. I haven't noticed any rust. I think the airconditioner, comes on with the defrost, so the air is probably fairly dry. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: Michelle Stranges To: College and University Technicians Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Tools in the car Thanx all for your input. I live in the Northeast (Central New York) and it's getting rather cold here now. (and it gets hot in the summer too- especailly in a car.) My friends in Boston (relatively same climate I would think..) leave ALL their tools in their car EVERY night all year 'round. The evenings I *don't* bring in my gear- it sure is nice to just leave the house the next morning with my purse and to-go coffee. :( Stranges On Nov 14, 2005, at 2:07 PM, Jeff Tanner wrote: On Nov 14, 2005, at 11:12 AM, Don wrote: Hi Michele, That would depend on the dew point in your area. I tend to leave my tools in the trunk during the summer only. Once we hit Oct I have to drag them into the house. I used to carry an assortment of repair parts in a Plano fishing tackle box (I bought it new just for the purpose - so it wasn't like it had old fish bait in there). At the time, I drove a Chevy Blazer. It was very functional for service work. It can get very hot in a Chevy Blazer in the south, even up to about 9 months out of the year (it's pretty warm out there today, actually). Our summer heat ruined everything that was in the box. Other than than, I try to not let my tuning forks, mutes and SAT get exposed to extremes. I haven't noticed any damage to the stringing wire supply I've carried for probably 15 years. I keep it in a cheap plastic toolbox from Wally World, each individual spool in a "ziploc" with baby powder sprinkled inside. Jeff Jeff Tanner, RPT University of South Carolina ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/bd/30/fc/e5/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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