Storing a computer in a humid garden house

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Hi,

After buying a new computer I want to put my old one (the tower) in my garden house which is very cold and humid.

I plan to wrap it in bin bag. Is that enough? Can't humidity still damage the motherboard and drives inside?

Best answers:

• Won't a cardboard box be more porous, and let more moisture in?
  I'd suggest boxing the unit up with some silica gel sachets inside, and sealing the box in multiple bag layers, perhaps using something thicker than bin bags - rubble sacks come to mind. Cover all openings and folds in the bag with wide parcel tape.
• There's no way of getting the laptop into the bag without allowing humidity inside it, once outside the moisture will condense on the inside of the bag, run down to the bottom and probably damage the laptop.
  Basically it's a bad idea.
  However if you must, then a better solution would be to forget the bag and provide some heating and ventilation (carefully controlled).
• Turn the computer on for a while to allow it to warm up then turn off and wrap it up well whilst still inside the house. Before wrapping, put a bag or two of silica gel desiccant inside the package and providing that it is well wrapped so as not to allow any further damp air inside, you shouldn't have a problem.
  If it is wrapped up whilst still warm and inside a house with low humidity, the amount of water moisture that will be inside the wrapping will be miniscule and the silica gel will easily deal with it.
• This is a very strange thread.
• Shaun / Hermione - you will both undoubtedly be familiar with the olde American saying:
  "Hire a teenager, while they still know it all"...