Sun on Plasma

spike69 · 19-02-2008, 19:24

Does anybody have information about negative effects of letting direct sunlight on a plasma even when switched off?
Thanks

spike69 · 20-02-2008, 17:02

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Originally Posted by spike69

Does anybody have information about negative effects of letting direct sunlight on a plasma even when switched off?
Thanks

OK then, does anybody know of any POSITIVE effects?

darkknight77 · 20-02-2008, 17:15

Apart from maybe fading the case, no reason it should affect anything. The electronics are internal, so sunlight will not reach them.

spike69 · 20-02-2008, 21:56

Thanks darkie. I seem to recall seeing something about sunlight on the screen but maybe I got it wrong.

redvet · 21-02-2008, 11:41

I also recall something about sun adversely affecting plastma, might have been to do with the heat rather than light. My 42" LG packed in last week, I had used to close curtains on it, but engineer who wrote it off also told me that tilting (for optimum view angle) could also be detrimental.

bobcar · 21-02-2008, 13:09

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Originally Posted by redvet

I also recall something about sun adversely affecting plastma, might have been to do with the heat rather than light. My 42" LG packed in last week, I had used to close curtains on it, but engineer who wrote it off also told me that tilting (for optimum view angle) could also be detrimental.

Unless you tilt it so far as to affect airflow (like mounting on the ceiling) then this is nonsense.

ray_01 · 21-02-2008, 13:28

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Originally Posted by bobcar

Unless you tilt it so far as to affect airflow (like mounting on the ceiling) then this is nonsense.

Unless it falls on the floor!!

19-02-2008, 19:24	#1
spike69 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 86	Sun on Plasma Does anybody have information about negative effects of letting direct sunlight on a plasma even when switched off? Thanks

20-02-2008, 17:02	#2
spike69 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 86	Quote: Originally Posted by spike69 Does anybody have information about negative effects of letting direct sunlight on a plasma even when switched off? Thanks OK then, does anybody know of any POSITIVE effects?

20-02-2008, 17:15	#3
darkknight77 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chelmsford Posts: 3,249	Apart from maybe fading the case, no reason it should affect anything. The electronics are internal, so sunlight will not reach them.

20-02-2008, 21:56	#4
spike69 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 86	Thanks darkie. I seem to recall seeing something about sunlight on the screen but maybe I got it wrong.

21-02-2008, 11:41	#5
redvet Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cheshire UK Posts: 92	I also recall something about sun adversely affecting plastma, might have been to do with the heat rather than light. My 42" LG packed in last week, I had used to close curtains on it, but engineer who wrote it off also told me that tilting (for optimum view angle) could also be detrimental.

21-02-2008, 13:09	#6
bobcar Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 14,718	Quote: Originally Posted by redvet I also recall something about sun adversely affecting plastma, might have been to do with the heat rather than light. My 42" LG packed in last week, I had used to close curtains on it, but engineer who wrote it off also told me that tilting (for optimum view angle) could also be detrimental. Unless you tilt it so far as to affect airflow (like mounting on the ceiling) then this is nonsense.

21-02-2008, 13:28	#7
ray_01 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 411	Quote: Originally Posted by bobcar Unless you tilt it so far as to affect airflow (like mounting on the ceiling) then this is nonsense. Unless it falls on the floor!!

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