I was wondering if it is ok if I store some of my unused audio equipment in cold storage or will this shorten the life span of them or possibly wreck them altogether? I have home audio amps/receivers, speakers, car audio amps, car audio receivers, speakers, some computer stuff.. things like that. Any help would be appreciated...
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In general, it should be fine, but you need to be careful. What you need to worry about is condensation when you take them out of storage, or if you come or leave your storage area and give condensate the opportunity to form.
I would recommend sealing them up tight using heavy duty garbage bags and duct tape. If you do this, they will protected from condensation.
You also don't want to move them from a very warm location to a very cold location. They need to be allowed to acclimate to a different temperature very slowly.
Also, if you remove them from storage, you need to let them acclimate to the warmer temperature again for a few hours before you un-seal them.
You do risk popping solder as Jamie said, but if you are careful with the quick temperature changes, your risk of this is significantly reduced.
How "cold" is your cold storage?