Humidity effect on dvd players

[proswife]

I know this sounds strange but I moved approximately two years ago and I can not pinpoint the time, but approximately a year later all of my dvd players stopped working. I do not know a lot about electronics-but I do know that I want to try to prevent this from happening again. The home is older and does not have good humidity control- could this be my problem? Any thing is possible, but I believe it is strange that I lost three dvd players all at once and they did work when I first moved in, so it couldn't have been damage from the move. Any other possibilities that I could correct?

[johns0]

Losing 3 dvd players at the same time sounds like it was a power surge going through the house,any other items go dead at the same time?

[classfour]

Are you at the end of the power line?

You could be a victim of a "brown-out".

They kill electronics in a fast manner.

If so, put a UPS online.

[AlanHK]

We have extreme humidity here -- 97% for days on end in summer.

A lot of other problems, but the DVD player is fine.

[classfour]

AlanHK - You actually mean to say you have more humidity than Kentucky (Central US)? I once actually laughed (loudly) at a New Yorker complaining about the humidity in Orlando Florida. She said "It's miserable here - so humid", and I was like "What humidity?"

I feel your pain - it could be the source of problems (rusting the boards, etc.); or it could be something like excessive heat buildup in the unit, etc..

BTW: Don't you guy run like 220 or 240 volts?

Heck, that could fry the power supply.

I do know that DVD players do not last in my basement - too damp, or too something - but are fine up in the rest of the house.

[AlanHK]

BTW: Don't you guy run like 220 or 240 volts?

Yes, UK standard electrics and TV (PAL).

Heck, that could fry the power supply.

I don't think higher voltage is an issue (except it might be more painful if you get a shock). 220 V is standard in probably half the world. Australia, Europe, UK, SE Asia, at least.

Damp in the walls sometimes shorts out a circuit and trips the circuit breakers, exacerbated by low quality building standards.

All exposed metal gets rusty quickly (we're close to the sea, so I guess more salty in general).