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03-01-2015, 02:36 PM
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Forgot To Remove TV During Winterization
Hello all. First time owner (last year) and my priority for winterizing was for the plumbing and I didn't even think about the TV (LED with built-in DVD player). I left it in the camper and we're having a record cold winter where we have gone over a month below freezing (and days in the negatives).
We have it stored indoors (not heated), but I'm reading online that the TV only has a 50/50 chance of surviving.
Is there anyone else who has done this? What were the results?
Thanks!
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03-01-2015, 02:43 PM
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Location: Ontario
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I have left a LED tv in out door storage and it survived OK just make sure it is warm before you turn it on in spring. Good luck
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03-01-2015, 02:55 PM
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Thank you for your reply. Good to know it has a shot of surviving. Although I'm still more worried about the plumbing as it's colder than I expected and it was the first time I've ever winterized.
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03-01-2015, 02:58 PM
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Televisions sit in semi trailers by the truckloads all winter and summer too - just have it come to normal room temp and no condensation before you turn it on
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03-01-2015, 03:04 PM
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Go get it and bring it in the house for the remainder of the winter
Sent from my SM-N910V
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03-01-2015, 03:08 PM
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I wish I could bring it in. The camper is totally locked up in a big warehouse at the local fairgrounds. I don't have access to it until they email me the date/time to pick it up. 😕
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03-01-2015, 03:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mustardbucket107
Go get it and bring it in the house for the remainder of the winter
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doesn't matter now, it's been as cold as it's going to get. Not time to take things out, almost time to put things in 
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03-01-2015, 03:41 PM
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I left mine in too and it's not in a building. I'll let it sit until it gets warm in the camper on the first trip, it should be fine.
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03-01-2015, 03:43 PM
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I have always removed ours cause it only takes a couple minutes, but there has been just as many in the forum here who say they never take them out and have never had any problems, so thinking you will be fine.
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03-01-2015, 03:55 PM
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Display screens in trucks and cars are LED and sit out in way below zero and have no problems. No reason to think the tv will have a problem. These things are designed to be in cold weather, just don't turn it on until it is a little warmer.
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03-01-2015, 07:27 PM
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Never removed TV's from the camper and haven't ever had one have a problem due to cold. I wouldn't worry about it. As the temp warms it will acclimate as well and be ready to go in the spring!
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03-01-2015, 07:45 PM
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Like others have stated ... I've had some fashion of an RV since the late 90's and have never removed any LED / Plasma TV. I live in Kansas and the temps get well into the single digits many times during the winter. Like also said ... just let the room warm up a bit before turning the TV on and all will be well.
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03-01-2015, 08:07 PM
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Thank you to everyone for easing the fears of my DW and I! 😃
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03-01-2015, 08:48 PM
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I live in Alberta Canada, had temps of -40C and have never removed our lcd tv, still works like a charm as does the stereo and other electronic stuff.
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03-01-2015, 11:40 PM
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In Southern New England we just broke the record for coldest winter ever with an average low of -6.5 degrees. Besides not worrying about the two tv's in the camper I have two (23" and 40") tv's I keeps outdoors on a porch and gazebo. They haven't broke yet and I watched the 40" last night with single digit temps.
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03-02-2015, 12:39 PM
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Forgot to remove TV during Winterization?
Heat is the enemy of electronics, not cold!
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03-02-2015, 01:10 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
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These TV's aren't shipped in heated containers.
This is something you absolutely do not have to worry about.
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03-02-2015, 01:29 PM
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I have left mine in for 7 years and it is very cold in Ontario, and I have not had any problems
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03-02-2015, 01:30 PM
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I've hauled loads of tv's from Chicago that have sat in the shipping container for months in the middle of winter.
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03-02-2015, 01:35 PM
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The LED shouldn't be a problem just let it sit inside for a couple of days before turning on so that any condensation that may form because of bringing it in from the cold doesn't cause a short. As for the people that left LCD TV's out in the trailer I was told that they are lucky LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display and the liquid part can freeze and crack the screen. Have seen some of the LCD screens on cell phones crack from being left out in car.
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