I envy you folks with climate-controlled shops.
Mine's a garage stuffed with tools and the temperature
ranges from the low 20s to 105+.
Humidity is ...high.
I'm concerned about keeping stuff like the electronic
compass, calipers, & stud finder in those conditions and
ferry them back and forth from house to shop.
Same for battery-powered tools.
Can anyone share experience with this? Tool longevity,
battery life, etc.
-Joe
Doug Winterburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 03/09/2013 07:04 AM, Joe <Joe@Joe'sPlace.com wrote:
>> I envy you folks with climate-controlled shops.
>> Mine's a garage stuffed with tools and the temperature
>> ranges from the low 20s to 105+.
>> Humidity is ...high.
>> I'm concerned about keeping stuff like the electronic
>> compass, calipers, & stud finder in those conditions and
>> ferry them back and forth from house to shop.
>> Same for battery-powered tools.
>> Can anyone share experience with this? Tool longevity,
>> battery life, etc.
>>
>> -Joe
>>
> I live in the AZ desert, so humidity isn't the problem as some other
> places. I do keep all the battery powered tools in the house in the
> summer except the Lion powered drill. For some reason, Lion batteries
> don't seem to be affected by the heat like other batteries - at least not yet.
My experience is the same ... My shop is routinely around 100 to 105F in
the summer and my Lion powered stuff has not suffered in the least, or
noticeably in the cold (30+F) for that matter.
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On 03/09/2013 07:04 AM, Joe <Joe@Joe'sPlace.com wrote:
> I envy you folks with climate-controlled shops.
> Mine's a garage stuffed with tools and the temperature
> ranges from the low 20s to 105+.
> Humidity is ...high.
> I'm concerned about keeping stuff like the electronic
> compass, calipers, & stud finder in those conditions and
> ferry them back and forth from house to shop.
> Same for battery-powered tools.
> Can anyone share experience with this? Tool longevity,
> battery life, etc.
>
> -Joe
>
I live in the AZ desert, so humidity isn't the problem as some other
places. I do keep all the battery powered tools in the house in the
summer except the Lion powered drill. For some reason, Lion batteries
don't seem to be affected by the heat like other batteries - at least
not yet.
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gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"
-Winston Churchill
"woodchucker" wrote:
> How about building a cabinet and using either an incandescent bulb
> or a heat bar from lee valley (only 18w) to keep the humidity from
> messing with these items.
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That's called an old refrigerator with the door switch jumpered out.
It's a classic way of storing welding rod.
Lew
On 3/9/2013 9:04 AM, Joe <Joe@Joe'sPlace.com wrote:
> I envy you folks with climate-controlled shops.
> Mine's a garage stuffed with tools and the temperature
> ranges from the low 20s to 105+.
> Humidity is ...high.
> I'm concerned about keeping stuff like the electronic
> compass, calipers, & stud finder in those conditions and
> ferry them back and forth from house to shop.
> Same for battery-powered tools.
> Can anyone share experience with this? Tool longevity,
> battery life, etc.
>
> -Joe
>
How about building a cabinet and using either an incandescent bulb or a
heat bar from lee valley (only 18w) to keep the humidity from messing
with these items.
--
Jeff
On 3/9/2013 8:04 AM, Joe <Joe@Joe'sPlace.com wrote:
> I envy you folks with climate-controlled shops.
> Mine's a garage stuffed with tools and the temperature
> ranges from the low 20s to 105+.
> Humidity is ...high.
> I'm concerned about keeping stuff like the electronic
> compass, calipers,& stud finder in those conditions and
> ferry them back and forth from house to shop.
> Same for battery-powered tools.
> Can anyone share experience with this? Tool longevity,
> battery life, etc.
I presume these are outside temp's and inside the garage it's generally
moderated quite a bit from those extremes.
I've never worried about it much on the farm w/ roughly same temp's
except it gets quite a bit colder than that here and never noticed
anything failing untowardly.
Humidity is not generally much of an issue here, however, ...
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dpb wrote the following on 3/9/2013 10:36 AM (ET):
> On 3/9/2013 8:04 AM, Joe <Joe@Joe'sPlace.com wrote:
>> I envy you folks with climate-controlled shops.
>> Mine's a garage stuffed with tools and the temperature
>> ranges from the low 20s to 105+.
>> Humidity is ...high.
>> I'm concerned about keeping stuff like the electronic
>> compass, calipers,& stud finder in those conditions and
>> ferry them back and forth from house to shop.
>> Same for battery-powered tools.
>> Can anyone share experience with this? Tool longevity,
>> battery life, etc.
>
> I presume these are outside temp's and inside the garage it's generally
> moderated quite a bit from those extremes.
Depends upon whether the garage is attached or not, and whether it is
insulated.
Mine is attached and insulated and only two sides face the outside.
There are also bedrooms above the garage. The temps in there in the
winter are warmer than if it wasn't attached, like my shed. The temps in
my shed are about the same as the outside, and in there, things also rust.
>
> I've never worried about it much on the farm w/ roughly same temp's
> except it gets quite a bit colder than that here and never noticed
> anything failing untowardly.
>
> Humidity is not generally much of an issue here, however, ...
>
> --
>
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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On 3/9/2013 8:04 AM, Joe <Joe@Joe'sPlace.com wrote:
> I envy you folks with climate-controlled shops.
> Mine's a garage stuffed with tools and the temperature
> ranges from the low 20s to 105+.
> Humidity is ...high.
> I'm concerned about keeping stuff like the electronic
> compass, calipers, & stud finder in those conditions and
> ferry them back and forth from house to shop.
> Same for battery-powered tools.
> Can anyone share experience with this? Tool longevity,
> battery life, etc.
>
> -Joe
>
I live in the Houston area. So humidity can often be 100%
My shop/garage is attached to the house so I really don't have an issue
with freezing cold although it can get uncomfortably cold in the garage,
just not below freezing.
Over 100 degrees is a normal summer thing and add to that the relative
high humidity from the prevailing Summer wind from the south, gulf waters.
I have absolutely no issue with my electronic measuring devices.
I don't have a rust problem and do not take any more precautions other
than using TopCote on the TS surface. If you are carrying tools from an
cool air conditioned place out side to a warm/hot and humid condition
this can cause a rust problem.
Bring a cool tool to the warm humid outside will attract condensation
like a glass of ice water brought out side to the same conditions.
Basically I don't take special precautions controlling temperature. My
tools acclimate to the ambient temperature as the temperature changes,
so no condensation to cause rust.