15Oct/092
Can Heat From A Wood Stove Damage A Nearby Lcd Tv?
I'd like to purchase an lcd tv, but it would end up being near our wood buring stove, which we use in the winter. What is the necessary distance it would need to be from the wood stove?
I'd like to purchase an lcd tv, but it would end up being near our wood buring stove, which we use in the winter. What is the necessary distance it would need to be from the wood stove?
October 15th, 2009 - 23:10
If you must have it in same room as the wood stove keep it as far away from it as practical. Electronic circuits do not hold up well to heat nor does the plastic case. If you have used a wood stove for any length of time you will have noticed the fine dust the wood smoke deposits on your furniture. The closer to the stove the more noticeable. It does this no matter how little wood smoke is apparent to you. This same smoke will deposit on the circuit boards inside the TV. After many seasons of using the wood stove it may eventually effect the operation of the TV. Burning seasoned wood will result in lighter deposits. “Green” or unseasoned wood will result in more wood smoke, and as you may have noticed, the deposits may be slightly sticky. This is due to steam being produced at the same time the wood is burning. The mixture cools and condenses near the top of your chimney creating creosote. At least LCD TVs have no high voltage and will hold up better than the old tube type sets under the same conditions.
October 16th, 2009 - 05:08
under normal conditions 50 degree Celsius is the limit and if you find it is too near to your wood stove then locate it further away because in any case you are not going to watch it so closely keep a distance of 10 feet from your wood stove that should be enough.