LED TV left out in the cold

[lawman]

Can I leave my 26" LED TV in my unheated trailer over the winter or will the cold weather damage it?

[fishadb]

I wouldn't, I think the crystals in the screen can freeze up.

[cylinder]

I may be wrong but I think an LED screen is actually an LCD screen that is lit by LED lighting. Someone out there probably knows more about that than I do.

I don't think the cold weather will damage it. If you are going to use it in winter, you should probably acclimate it to room temperature overnight (at least) before using it.

My depth finders are stored in an unheated garage, no damage to the screen. My car has an LCD screen, no damage to the screen in winter. Liquid crystal screens don't contain water or materials that will freeze and expand in our winter temperatures.

Having said that, check your operator's manual. If it says not to store it below -40, you'd probably feel better bringing it indoors.

[Old Dewjabber]

After talking to a beer distributor about warming and chilling beer it really got me thinking. Products are shipped in a hot,cold, or freezing trailer from the plant to a warehouse. Warmed back up then shipped to a distributor in a trailer again to warm back up. Then a lot of times shipped in the cold to the warehouse again. Then off to the warm store that ordered it from the warehouse. Then into a cold truck for home delivery.

Granted this is not quite the same for the beer but this is how it works for lots of other goods.

[cylinder]

yup

[highlife4me]

I leave my LED tv in the camper all winter in cold storage and have an LED in my wheel house and have yet to have a problem with a TV but the car radio in the wheel house doesn't like to work right until it is up to room temp. Go figure.

[LMITOUT]

There shouldn't be a problem leaving it in the cold, but I would allow it to warm up to room temp and not turn it on for a few hours to allow the condensation to evaporate if you plan on using it when it's still cold. Repeating this process may eventually lead to corrosion on the circuit boards but I wouldn't worry if this is done only a time or two.

[Wanderer]

I would read the owner's manual too before making your final decision but that being said, I leave ours in the camper all winter and don't have a problem with turning it on before it warms up when we get there for our ice fishing trips.

2 seasons so far and heading into a 3rd.

[outdrzman78]

I leave mine in my fish house, I just don't turn it on for a good hour or so atleast