can cold temperatures kill an lcd touch screen quotation

I don"t know if a freezer would get the units cold enough to see what happens. I"ve used both grayscale and coler etrex units outside in the winter, and find they"re good to a little below zero fareheit most of the time if you use lithium batteries. Somewhere around zero or a little below, the sreen will get really sluggish, and start doing strange stuff where only parts of it update and stuff like that. The unit will keep recording good tracks though long after the display stops working. On the other end of the spectrum, having taken the Grayscale units into the desert many a time, I can report that direct hot sun on the display will cause the constrast to change to the point you can"t read the screen anymore, and that with eTrex units or a G-III at least you can"t adjust the constrast enough to make them useable. I haven"t observed similar behavior with color units yet though.

On the Teton snowshoe backpacking trip I went on where it got cold enough to cause my VistaC display to fail, I just used the lanyard and kept it inside my coat worn around my neck most of the time. You can then pull it out and use it for a considerable amount of time before it gets cold enough to cause any problems. Other than the rare occasion, most of time though I don"t expose my units to the cold for a long enough period of time to experience problems. As I age, I find I"m a lot less likely to expose myself to that sort of condition. (Who knows, maybe it"s wisdom)

I have an inexpensive flash-based MP3 player that I got for skiing, and finally got around to using it this weekend with Giro Tune-ups (which work really well, FYI). Temps were 5-15 degrees. Player was in my pack on the first day, no problems, and was in my jacket for the second (colder) day. At the end of the second day, the LCD screen on the MP3 player had developed a big blotch across the middle, such that 80% of the display was no longer legible. After warming it back up inside, overnight, the screen is still 80% gone. Player works fine -- just can"t see anything on the screen. I"m returning it for another one.

Anyone have this happen with any LCD device in very cold weather? I"m glad it was a cheap MP3 player, under warranty, rather than my camera. I would"ve thought that it would remain warm enough inside my jacket, but maybe not.

Cold weather can damage electronics, best to keep them indoors. While you"re planning to keep yourself warm during the cold weather, make sure you consider your electronic devices, too. Tech experts say the cold can drain your battery in minutes, cause permanent damage and it can also freeze an LCD screen.

While normally a cool environment is preferable to a warm one when it comes to keeping your electronics up and running, if it gets too cold, certain components can suffer sudden failure. For instance, LCD screens contain fluid and at extreme temperatures can freeze.

Electronics begin to break down and fry at temperatures above 120 degrees. Most systems tend to run 10 to 20 degrees hotter than room temperature, so anything you can do to reduce the build-up of heat will help to protect your investment better.

After a few hours in the cold, your battery will likely be drained completely, rendering your gadget useless until its next charge. Damage is done to screens and monitors when left out in the cold.

2) What are the temperature limits of electronics? At the low end, operation of semiconductor-based devices and circuits has often been reported down to temperatures as low as a few degrees above absolute zero, in other words as low as about −270°C.

Circuit systems within electronics work best at lower temperatures. Allowing systems to run for prolonged periods of time in high temperatures can decrease the longevity and reliability of devices. Solid-state electronics actually begin to break down and fry at temperatures much above 120 degrees.

An LCD or LED TV may not perform well under extreme temperature conditions. In the cold, the response time of an HDTV picture may lag. For this reason, many LCD and LED television manuals will specify a safe-operating-temperature range. In most HDTVs, this range is about 50–90°F.

It"s okay to store it in the garage but if you bring it inside from a very cold/damp place, I"d recommend you let the TV sit for a while to allow for any condensation to evaporate before plugging it in. An hour should do it.

Do not leave a laptop in a cold car for more than an hour if the temperature is below 10 degrees Celsius. Leaving a computer in freezing conditions can actually cause permanent damage to the battery and LCD screen. Reduce the risk by storing the computer in an insulated box in the trunk.

Laptops have been designed to work within a safe temperature range, typically between 50 to 95 degrees F (10 - 35 degrees C). This range refers to the optimal usage temperature of the outside environment and the temperature the laptop should be warmed to before using.

However, you do need to make sure your electronics are protected from moisture, water, wind, and extreme hot and cold temperatures. You should also make sure your electronics are made for outdoor use and not indoor-only use.

The trick to properly storing electronics in heat and cold is to avoid those temperatures altogether! Electronics are best stored in HVAC regulated environments between 50 and 80 degrees.

LCD stands for liquid crystal display. When temperatures dip below 32-degrees Fahrenheit, liquid freezes which can cause permanent damage to your LCD screen. That"s the number one reason to make sure you never leave your computer in a cold car or even on a cold floor overnight.

Best case scenario, the cooling system needs to be repaired and the internals of the Xbox would need to be cleaned. Worst case, you have a stylish $500 paperweight. I"d advise against leaving the Xbox in the car overnight if it"s 40 degrees Fahrenheit or lower.

Cold temperatures are not as dangerous to a computer as overheating is, but problems can still occurs. If computers get too cold when left powered off, their components can be damaged upon boot because the electricity heats the circuit.

Generally, once it hits 90° or 95° Fahrenheit, you want to start shielding your laptop and smartphone from the heat. Remember that the inside of your car will get hotter than the outside, too, so even if it isn"t quite 90° outside, you should keep it in your bag or leave it at home.

Extreme heat and cold can damage your battery. For example, don"t leave your smartphone in the glove compartment of your car on very hot or cold days. A common myth is that batteries last longer if they are put in the freezer. This is not correct and can damage your battery.

Safe temperatures vary from when the TV is being used or when being stored. LCD and Plasma Operating temps: 40 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit. LCD and Plasma Storage temp: -5 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit.

What Temperature Is Too Cold for a TV? Ideally, it would be best to store your LCD between 40 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit to avoid freezing the liquid crystal fluid. LCD televisions should not be stored below minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit. In the cold, an HDTV image"s response time may lag.

Electronics. Most electronics are not meant to stand up to the outdoors, and that"s essentially what your garage is like. Not only will your electronics collect dirt and dust, but they will also become damaged. Humidity and temperature fluctuations will destroy batteries and other operating pieces to your electronics.

Cold weather can damage your laptop in multiple ways, from disabling your display and corrupting your hard drive to shattering your screen if it is warmed up too quickly. Both using and storing your laptop in a cold environment can cause problems.

Since the individual pixels utilize a fluid-like crystal material as the ambient temperature is reduced, this fluid will become more viscous compromising performance. For many LCD displays, temperatures below 0°C represent the point where performance degrades.

Across the Midwest today, hundreds of schools and businesses are closed, dozens of flights and trains have been canceled, and the governors of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan have declared states of emergency as a bone-chilling, breath-taking Polar Vortex bears down on the region. While I slept in Minneapolis, overnight wind chills in the city topped –50 degrees. With temperatures like that, you can’t stay outside for more than five minutes without running the risk of frostbite.

As a native Midwesterner, I’m used to the annual assault of winter weather on the human body, hairless and adapted over millennia to indoor living as we are. Despite our thermoregulatory shortcomings, we’ve managed to survive extreme cold through technology—from insulating clothing to systems that pump hot air and water around our homes.

But much of the tech that facilitates our connected modern lives itself loses functionality as temperatures drop below freezing. Batteries, screens, sensors, lightweight materials—the things that power our modern mobile lifestyles—just don’t work when it gets this cold. Here’s what to expect of your gear.

Think about all the gadgets that you regularly plug into a power strip. It’s a lot, right? Besides everyday items like a phone and laptop, you might also have a fitness tracker, smart watch, Bluetooth headphones, digital camera, e-reader, vape pen, drone, or rechargeable bike lights, just to name a few. Most if not all of them are powered by lithium-ion batteries, whose high energy density and ability to handle both low and high currents have made them the industry standard for personal electronics. But those same properties become a problem as soon as temperatures dive below 32 degrees F.

“Lithium-ion batteries suffer so badly in freezing temperatures because they have very little internal resistance,” says Hanumant Singh, an electrical engineer at Northeastern University who builds cold-weather robots for places like Antarctica and Greenland. Less resistance means these batteries generate less waste energy as heat (a good thing in more mild climes). But the absence of waste heat also means they’re more vulnerable when temperatures plummet. The colder it gets, the slower the metabolism of the chemical reaction inside the battery. The battery drains faster as a result. If you’ve ever been texting someone at a healthy-looking 25 percent charge only to have your phone die mid-eggplant emoji two seconds later, you’re familiar with how steep the drop-off can be. “It’s very dramatic,” says Singh. Carrying around a smartphone in any weather colder than –35 degrees F, he says, will kill it completely in 5 minutes—right around the time frostbite would strike the hand holding it.

Such deficiencies are particularly pronounced in devices like smartphones, which are designed to sit mostly inactive for long periods of time throughout the day. Their batteries never draw enough current to heat themselves. But vehicles like drones and electric cars, which demand very high power for shorter periods of time, can generate enough warmth to keep the batteries going, just at a greatly reduced level of performance. While cold weather is a challenge for all electric vehicles, the small size of electric scooters can make them especially vulnerable to failures, as noted by several “juicer” forums on Reddit. Companies like Lime monitor the performance of their fleets, including battery life, but say they are not yet aware of any trends coinciding with this week’s plummeting temps.

The performance of individual products will of course vary based on the manufacturer, battery model, and wear and tear on the device. Apple suggests not operating its phones below 32 degrees F. Amazon says the same for the Kindle. Fitbit, on the other hand, recommends a minimum ambient operating temperature no colder than 14 degrees F for its wellness wearables, which should maintain better temperature control based on continuous contact with your skin. But the same general rules apply to anything that uses lithium-ion battery technology.

No way in heck would I leave my scope (a Rigol) out in the garage. I have most of my stuff in an unheated storage unit at the moment and while I"m not using the scope for anything currently, it is still waiting patiently in my bedroom. I think you made the right choice by being more careful with yours as well.

When I said earlier that LCDs don"t like the cold... they can actually crack or otherwise completely break. I wasn"t just referring to sluggish performance, though sluggish performance is almost a definite in the cold whereas cracking is just a slight possibility (if your equipment is good).

Both Apple and Android companies are warning customers to bring their electronics inside, and not leave them in their vehicles for an extended period of time because the cold air can cause permanent damage, and in certain cases cause items to explode.

As New York City is recovering from the latest winter storm and gale force winds, we thought it only appropriate to remind you, our readership, about the importance of protecting your smartphones, tablets and laptops from long-term cold exposure.

3 Dangers of Extended Time in the Cold‍Battery Drainage and Damage.If your device is exposed to the cold for a long period of time, it may spontaneously power off due to a dead battery. Unfortunately, this damage may be permanent and require you to replace the battery.

Screen Issues.If you have an iPad or Android device, your unit may have delayed touch screen reaction, smudging or ghosting of images. In addition, the screen may become rigid and spontaneously shatter.

Condensation.If you bring items inside and try to power them up too quickly after they have been in the cold, they can have liquid condensation under the screen which may make your display hard to read.

10 Prevention Methods That Work‍Don’t take items out in the cold. Warm up your car before going to and from work or keep your devices at home or work during extreme temperatures, like we are now experiencing.

Keep mobile devices in your jacket, purse, or briefcase when going out into the cold. This limits the devices exposure to the cold, even for short jaunts outside.

If your car is outside, be sure to let it warm up for at least 10 minutes. This will allow you to go from one similar environment to another, thus reducing the risk of internal and battery damage, especially if you must recharge your battery while in the car.

If you ordered new technology, and the box has been sitting outside for hours, move the box into the office and wait several hours before removing it from the box.

When looking at replacing laptops, remember that devices with Solid State Drives (SSD) have less susceptibility to cold weather because of the lack of moving parts.

Lastly, check out the stored temperature requirements from the manufacturer. Every device is a little different as to what temperature range they can handle.

Please keep yourself and your devices warm this winter! Let us help your business with all its IT and cybersecurity needs! Call 516.876.8200 or email info@ptg.co us to request a quote today.

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I"m the one that started the thread that SIKSUKR refers to. I had 2 Samsung 40" LCD TV"s. Below is what I found. I"ve had no problems at all. I do put a wool blanket over the TVs when closing down and I do wait for operating temp to turn on when going up in cold weather.

Samsung TVs can operate safely in rooms or areas in which temperatures range from 50� F to 104� F (10� C to 40� C). Temperatures outside the listed range will negatively affect the operation of your TV.

Samsung TVs can be stored unused at temperatures ranging from -4� to 113� Fahrenheit (-20� to 45� Centigrade). Storing your TV at temperatures outside this range can damage your TV.

Just out of curiosity, did you just recently begin to notice this problem of not being able to see the LCD display? More specifically, I’m wondering if you had the problem during the dead of winter when the weather was much colder.

Your cold New York winter temperatures may very well be low enough to sufficiently cool the LCD so that it masks the problem and makes the display appear to behave normally when its cold outside, that is, assuming the problem is actually caused by the heat you"re referring to. The LCD display may fail as the ambient outdoor temperature rises. There may very well be a logical a reason that you’re posting your problem now as opposed to the middle of January when temperatures were in the single digits.

If this is the case, there may be some practical value gained from knowing this information. I think if I had your problem, I would start by placing a frozen gel pack (the kind you place in your freezer and then use in a cooler to keep perishables at cool temperatures) on top of the display and let it remain there for a good long while. Wrap it in a paper towel though to absorb any condensate that will form on the gel pack. Then start the generator, remove the gel pack and see if you can read the display, even if for only a short while. It’s not going to solve your problem, but it may tell you if temperature actually plays a role. A gel pack won"t work as well as a New York winter, but it might provide you with some useful information that you didn’t have before.

If temperature is a factor, then I would think that you’d have to try to determine just exactly why your control board is getting so warm. If heat is causing the problem and you replace the display without resolving the heat issue, you may find yourself back in the same situation you’re in right now----minus the cost of a new display. You might want do a little investigating regarding the board"s heat sinks---assuming that the control board has heat sinks. :D One of the techs on this forum will be able to answer that question for you.

If the picture responds to input but displays a messy image, such as jumbled multicolored squares, the AV (audio visual) board may be damaged. This is usually a rectangular circuit board located near the audio and visual cables. Replace obviously damaged parts using a soldering iron, or order a replacement board and carefully install it to the same screws and ribbon cables.

The main control buttons may be faulty. Clean them with a metal cleaner, or jostle to attach a loose connection. If necessary, locate the circuit board they are attached to and re-solder any broken connections.

Check input cables for damage, or try other cables of the same type. If necessary, inspect the circuit board they are attached to and re-solder damaged connections.

"We"ve got families actually turning their cookers off, their televisions, their heating. The only thing they"ve got on is a fridge," says Billy McGranaghan, founder of Dad"s House, a charity supporting single fathers in the UK. He also runs two foodbanks, open to anyone, in London.

"It"s destroying a lot of families" relationships," he adds. Some households are "walking on eggshells" because there"s no money to pay for a child"s much-needed new shoes, for example. While tensions rise, parents watch the money in prepayment gas meters tick steadily downwards, knowing that the heating will soon run out again, McGranaghan says.

He can tell that the people he speaks to are embarrassed about this. That they feel anxious. He says it"s obvious from their tone of voice, their body language.

Back in Belfast, on a second visit to Foodstock, I meet Doherty outside a small church hall on a quiet residential street. The church leaders have loaned him the key and, when the metal shutter rolls up and he opens the door, we step inside to an incredible bounty of heat.

In just a few weeks, this will be the site of what Doherty describes as a warm community space. Every Monday, the venue will be open to locals, including those who aren"t able to heat their homes. A nearby supermarket has promised to donate buns and cakes. Doherty excitedly explores the kitchen to one side of the hall where people will be able to make coffee and tea. There"ll be arts and crafts and other activities so visitors will have lots of reasons to come and enjoy the warmth. He and his fellow volunteers are organising two additional warm spaces besides this one.

The prospect of so-called "warm banks" springing up in places across the UK this winter, including in public libraries, churches and galleries, has prompted disbelief from some members of the public. But Doherty says the need is real. Many of the people Foodstock supports live alone in cold houses, he explains. A warm, friendly space provides a sociable alternative. (People in the UK looking for warm places to use over the winter can now find examples of such sites near to them via a virtual map, set up by the Warm Welcome Initiative.)

Doherty has also spent the summer stockpiling donations of winter clothes – fleeces, thermal underwear, coats, scarves, gloves and more to be packed in tote bags and distributed to people in the community. This won"t be the first year Foodstock has distributed "warm packs" but demand could be particularly high this winter, Doherty says.

These are more or less emergency interventions. Perhaps the only things some people will have to prevent them from freezing at home. The British government has also offered financial assistance, to a point, with energy bills and organisations such as the Fuel Bank Foundation offer pre-paid top-up cards via local retailers for people who have run out of money for gas, for example. Matthew Cole, head of Fuel Bank Foundation, says he has already noticed soaring demand well before the arrival of winter.

Changing attitudes towards heating, in which it is increasingly viewed as a luxury, concern him, he adds: "This acceptance that it"s OK now to be without energy, that"s the norm – that worries me, actually, because it"s not normal."

For much of the country, "too cold" is when you can no longer stay outside comfortably without protective clothing. Your phone agrees. You probably know that a phone can get too hot, but you might not know it can also get too cold. Most phones are powered by lithium-ion batteries, which begin to perform differently once the temperature drops below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

No matter what phone you use, you can find the technical specifications online. For example, the newly announced iPhone 11 has an operating ambient temperature between 32 degrees and 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Its "non-operating temperature" are below -4 degrees and above 113 degrees Fahrenheit. There"s a small gap between these temperature ranges where your phone will continue to operate, but not at its best.

If your phone reaches -4 degrees or 113 degrees, a warning message will appear. If you don"t adjust the temperature, the device will shut off to protect the internal components. Hanumant Singh, an electrical engineer at Northeastern University, tells Wired magazine, "Carrying around a smartphone in any weather colder than -35 degrees Fahrenheit will kill it completely in five minutes."

The technical reason is that the cold slows the chemical reactions that power the battery. Sensitive components in the LCD screen can also be damaged by too low (or too high) temperatures. Your phone is built with safeguards to protect it, but it"s good to know how to circumvent these.

Keeping your phone in your pants pocket (or an internal jacket pocket) rather than in a purse or a messenger bag will keep it warmer, longer. A bag offers some protection, but keeping your phone against your body allows your body heat to keep it from reaching critically low temperatures.

The Apple support page warns that charging a phone in extreme temperatures can permanently damage the battery, but says that the loss in capacity due to cold temperatures is temporary. To make the battery last longer, warm your phone to its normal temperature range before you try to charge it.

If you regularly work in an extremely cold environment — outdoors in cold climates or in a facility where temperatures are kept low — invest in an insulated case to protect your phone and keep it warm. This is a great alternative if you need to use your phone in frigid temperatures.

The best way to protect your phone from long-term damage is to turn it off, especially if you plan to be in extreme temperatures for an extended time. Store it in a pocket until you"re somewhere warmer and can use it without risk of damaging the internal components.

Your body heat will warm the phone safely without the risk of any damage from external heat sources. Keep it in an internal pocket and away from the cold. If you need to heat it quickly, hold it under your arm or between your thighs — areas where body heat is naturally higher.

If your phone gets wet or experiences condensation due to the cold, turn it off and dry it completely before you turn it back on. To avoid water damage, make sure any moisture inside the phone has evaporated before you try to use the phone.

If you regularly use your phone in cold weather, follow these tips to keep the battery safe and the components running properly. If you"re in the market for a new device, Xfinity Mobile has a variety of phones available to suit your needs.