Does an Open Window Hurt a Computerized Machine?
 

The title is pretty much my question.

I have been leaving my sewing room window open at night, but wonder now if it would effect my Baby Lock Crescendo? Moisture coming in?

High humidity and computers are not a good mix. Check your local weather report for the humidity in the air.

Humidity and or dust would be my only concerns. If you don't have either, enjoy the fresh air!!

Those would be my concerns also. We never leave our windows to the sewing rooms open at night as they are on the lower level. I have never heard of anyone stealing a sewing machine, but a person can't be too careful.

Yep, humidity can cause circuit board corrosion. And as mentioned, dirt, dust and grit is another issue. This article mentions open windows: http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/...nance/page/all. If humidity isn't a problem, just tossing a cover over it for the evening can help. I have to do that anyways because of the furry ones lol. You can even make a really cool one yourself (I bought a personalized one because I had just started and wasn't at that level yet!)

Well where I live, if it's humid outside, it's humid inside whether the windows are open or not. I'd be more concerned with the condensation (aka dew) that may form on rapidly cooling surfaces like metal during the overnight hours. That's really the only difference between open windows in the daytime and open windows overnight, that and potential two or four legged intruders. Humidity and dust are going to be there with open windows night or day.

I would cover definitely when not in use. Perhaps a cover with a plastic insert to stop some moisture or just rain.i do know that with cold weather berninas aren't happy machines. How? Friends who put their machines in the car the night before a class always had problems at class in cold weather.

I have never given this topic any thought because I don't live in where there is much humidity. I do try to cover my computerized Bernina at night to keep any dust particles off of it.

This gave me a good chuckle because my sister is constantly threatening to steal mine one day!

It would be the same as leaving your machine on a porch over night.

So do I Maniac! And I asked the question...ha ha. It has been humid here with the monsoonal moisture lately. I think that is what made me question it.

With everything - practically - being computerized or electronic in some way or another I don't think you'll have a problem as long as it is away from the window in case of rain. Washers and dryers, stoves, microwaves, irons, the list is endless, of products we use that are subjected to higher humidity that what your machine will be exposed to sitting in a room with a window open.

be extra careful with any computer near a window...open or closed....if you live next to a highway or airport....certain equipment in planes ...and some equipment installed for the purpose of grabbing data while driving by homes (ie. identity theft) can damage sewing machine computer parts.

The dampness at night would be of concern to me.

My mother thought night air could kill a person, let alone a computerized machine. While I love my bedroom window open at night (sorry, Ma), I wouldn't leave the window open around a machine. There is so much night dew.

My sewing room windows in my old sewing room were open pretty much 24/7 unless it was a really hard slanting rain. Never had the least bit of trouble with my machine, and it was set up (in a table) directly in front of the main window. My PC is still in that same room, not one lick of trouble there either. I'm a very early riser and often are on the machine by 3 or 4 AM on a weekend - never seen dew on my machine, or on anything else indoors, not even when we leave the big back slider open all night, which we often do. So it really doesn't seem to be a concern where I live.

If excessive humidity is that troubling to computerized machines, how does anybody in a place like like FL or HI sew??

I would be afraid it would rain overnight.

I posed this question to my husband, who has a lot of mechanical experience. He says most computers are so well built you can completely submerge them and they'll be fine - as long as they do not have any electrical power! The problem comes when you have water and electricity mixing. He said the scenario posed here - condensation forming on/inside the machine - could be possible if you live in a very humid climate, or possibly near the ocean with fog coming in at night. But you would know it, because the condensation would be on everything; the sewing machine; the table the machine sits on; the window sill, etc. He added that it would be highly unlikely and he thinks it's not worth bothering yourself over.

I think I would be more worried about cut fabric swelling up or stored fabric absorbing moisture and maybe getting a little mildew-y than about my machine. I never thought about my machine, except to cover it from the sun and from dust. Hmmmmmm