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Amp placement : next to a damp wall or a wall w/ radiator ?

  • 27-12-2008 06:34PM
    #1
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭


    My room is only a small box room and I've got damp on one side of the wall where the window is. On the perpendicular wall there's a radiator.

    Each morning I've got water on the damp wall , if I leave the amp near this wall is there a chance the damp will get in the amp and damage it ?

    If I leave the amp in front of the radiator is there a chance the heat will damage the amp?

    These two are my only options really, is there a safe distance from the damp wall I can have the amp ? Likwise for the radiator ?


    It's a Marshall AVT 100 watt


Comments

  • #2
    Gaspode
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭Gaspode


    Either side is bad! Water damage is quicker and more noticeable, so I'd choose the rad side, but turn down the rad a little.

    And get something done about that damp man, nasty moulds will grow in it and may do you damage never mind your gear!!


  • #3
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    Cheers for the reply. I can have the amp about a foot or so with the amp's back to the wall that the condensation was coming in on. If the back of the amp is to the rad then the left side will be facing this wall that the water's dripping down and if the amp's back is to this condensation wall then it's side is facing the radiator.

    So I'm in a lose lose really. I know the damp/condensation problem needs fixing. Atm the minute I'm just in need of info on the amp. As I said, it won't be flush against this wall that has water dripping on it...


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