[CAUT] Tools in the car

[Michelle Stranges]

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Good post and good to know!!

Pfft- that's BASICALLY why I bring in my 40+ pounds of gear.. because  
of my accu tuner.

I guess I should just keep bringing it all in every night- it'll stop  
the worry of theft too..

:(

I was certainly surprised of my friends leaving all their gear in  
there always.
(Even their accu-tuners and other tuning software...)

This stuff ain't cheap.


On Nov 14, 2005, at 3:35 PM, John Ross wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>
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