computers

[Decz]

I've had this happen before, but never to that extent. Of course, my situation was a little different. I was living on a boat on the coast of BC, in the summer the windows were always open so there was a fresh sea breeze going by the computer all the time. I lived there a year and the connections on the back of my scanner had slight corossion, as well as the PS2 connection on my computer. The inside wasn't touched, not evenly slightly.

You've really got to have a breeze or serious air movement happening in the room for any significant salt damage to electronics. If that's the case then you should consider socking your fan intake on the back of your computer. Just get some light filter foam, similar to what you would put in your furnance vents and place it on the outside of the fan intake (external side of the computer). It'll look rather bleak, but will help filter some of the salt and media in the air. Before you try something like that though, you should take a good look at your home system. There shouldn't really be that type of movement with the salty air. Do you have a fan blowing off your tank lights and towards the computer? My home office and aquarium are the same room. Granted it is a 20' long room, but still, haven't yet to experience/feel/see/taste/smell any salt of other reef substances on the computer side of the room.