What Gear Needs To Be Stored In A Temperature Controlled Environment?

[Drewdawg1977]

Hi!

I live in California and have amassed a decent collection of gear. Problem is, I have a baby coming and all this stuff needs to be moved out of it's current location in my guest room closet. I'd like to put some/all of it in the garage, but it gets quite hot out there in the summer and a bit cold in the winter. What can I put out there and without jeopardizing the gear? Below is a brief list of things I am concerned about:

Tanks
Regulators
BCDs
Drysuits
Computers
Random extra hoses and parts

Thanks, Scubaboard, for you usual great insight!

Drew

 

[DiverDownD3]

Good thing for CA is its pretty dry. I would store regs and computer inside. I think everything else could go in the garage as long as you don't have it sitting where the sun is shining directly on it

 

[Steve_C]

Tanks

Cold is not an issue I don't think except maybe for batteries.

Heat is. How hot is hot? If you are talking 100+ it could be rough on stuff.

 

[SOFDiver]

Tanks OK in the garage, but everything else needs to be stored in cool and dry (low humidity) place.

 

[divad]

Tanks OK in the garage, but everything else needs to be stored in cool and dry (low humidity) place.

You mean like California?

 

[SOFDiver]

Lived in CA, my garage did not qualify as a cool dry place.

 

[BertStevens]

Just be aware of mice. They got into my storage and I had to but a new BCD, gear bag, plus some other less expensive pieces.

 

[BoltSnap]

Tanks can be stored in the garage, but everything else needs to be in a better storage place away from the heat.

Just be aware of mice. They got into my storage and I had to but a new BCD, gear bag, plus some other less expensive pieces.

And cockroaches too. Cockroaches love to eat mask skirts.

 

[eelnoraa]

Tanks in garage for sure. Pressure increase with absolute temperature, from 75F to 100F, it is only about 5% increase in Kelvin, not a big deal at all. I have my backplate and metal stuff in garage as well.

Everything else should be inside, reg, wing, dry suit ... They don't take up much space.

 

[simcoediver]

Dry suit inside for sure, heat will destroy neck and wrist seals, happened to me.