Is this house temperature dangerously cold for electronics?

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#1 rubber-chicken
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I got home from a 2 day trip, and we forgot to leave the heat in the house on. It's been 57 degrees F (or 14 degrees C) in the house for the past 2 days, and my Wii, PS3, and all my video games (CDs in their cases) were in my room while it was this temperature. I just turned the heat on. My systems wont mess up, and my game discs won't crack, will they? :(

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#2 Pirate700
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Unless there's ice on it, no. 50's isn't cold at all anyway.

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#3 KC_Hokie
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No. Cooler temperatures are actually better for electronics.
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#4 KiIIyou
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Cold is goodgood
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#5 Nengo_Flow
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they could. I remember my PS2 had issues for a couple of weeks cuz it was in the cold for several days and I then put it some where warm to play it and it didnt work properly at first. It eventually started working fine after the temperatures were normal again. But that was the old fat PS2. IDK how a PS3 would handle that, probably not as well
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#6 Jackc8
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It's not going to hurt the disks at all. They sit out in my mailbox when it's -10 F and seem to survive just fine.

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#7 SpinalTapTapTap
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Don't heat them up to quickly. I don't think it is good for any electronics to go from cold to hot in a very short time. Depending on how cold of a temp you are talking of course. Contracting and expanding circuits etc will eventually lead to failure.
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#8 judog1
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I would be much more concerned with extreme heat.
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#9 Allicrombie
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No, but it sounds dangerously cold for Alli.
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Don't heat them up to quickly. I don't think it is good for any electronics to go from cold to hot in a very short time. Depending on how cold of a temp you are talking of course. Contracting and expanding circuits etc will eventually lead to failure. SpinalTapTapTap
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#11 kidsmelly
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I would put them in the microwave to thaw them out.

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#12 C2N2
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LOL electronics too cold :P