First time we have had to Mothball our Theater, since 2001 when we were seasonal/open air barn.

jtweigandt

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Board of directors made it official last night.. Our season is gone. Gonna try again probably next spring. Few items come to mind.. Making sure no batteries in mic body packs. No batteries in hearing assist and description for blind units, Our headsets run on lithium, so that will have to be "exersised" along with the tablet we use for RFU. Scissor lift will need water/battery Maint. Gonna make sure all the LED's are powered down for sure and offline. Maybe pull the mains on the dimmer stack. Anything else leap to mind?
 
If over winter, I believe and have read some electronics are affected by very cold - things with screens or displays in particular. Monitors, meters, consoles, and such may want to be protected.
 
If over winter, I believe and have read some electronics are affected by very cold - things with screens or displays in particular. Monitors, meters, consoles, and such may want to be protected.

In general, cold is not a problem for electronics, particularly if powered off. Those displays are the same technology as those used in car radios, for instance, and the same ones that get delivered all over the frozen north in unheated trucks and sit in unheated warehouses before being sold. They're also the same sort of thing as television sets that sit in RVs and vacation homes over the winter. A more likely problem would be pipes freezing and bursting and flooding your electronics if there's no heat at all.

It is generally a best practice to avoid using electronics and electrical equipment that has been in a cold area immediately after bringing it into a warm place due to condensation, though even that is often not as big a problem as it might at first seem.

(For that matter, a fully charged flooded lead-acid battery, say for a hoist, will likewise not freeze if you're not in a genuinely polar region, as evidenced by those that sit in vehicles. A partly or fully discharged lead-acid battery is a different story altogether.)
 
Your insurance may require regular visits.
Humidity can become a problem if the HVAC is turned off.
Some equipment like fire suppression systems still requires regular inspections whether or not the building is occupied.
 
Are there any known leaks anywhere? Like a smoke hatch that doesn't close all the way that rain could sneak in through?
 

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