Transporting Genos in Cold Weather

[OregonJim]

Jim, if I had to wait until the temperature equalized, my keyboard case is so well insulated it would take two days before I could open the case. Fortunately, while you I am driving along to the job, I was able to open the case and allow the car's heater/AC get the temperature of the gear close to room temperature before unloading the van. That only took about 20 minutes to achieve regardless of the weather.

Cheers,

Gary 

Nah, it only takes an hour or two at the most, no matter how well insulated your case is.   


Regarding leaving equipment in the van - I had a gig in downtown Boston in the early '80s.  Drove the van to the venue, locked it up and went inside for roughly 90 seconds to ask someone to unlock the back door for loading.  When I got back to the van, they had smashed one of the windows and walked away with two keyboards, two guitars, and the speakers for the PA.  It would have taken at least 5 guys to do that in under a minute.  From that point on, we NEVER left the van unattended, even for a few seconds, with equipment inside!

[travlin-easy]

Jim, most of my jobs were 20 minutes at most from the house, which was nice from my perspective. Gone are the days when the jobs were two to three hours drive time away. I had 52 locations to perform and none were more than 30 minutes drive time away. Sure miss those days.

All the best,

Gary

[OregonJim]

Jim, most of my jobs were 20 minutes at most from the house, which was nice from my perspective. Gone are the days when the jobs were two to three hours drive time away. I had 52 locations to perform and none were more than 30 minutes drive time away. Sure miss those days.

All the best,

Gary

  That must have been nice.  Sure, a 20 minute drive is not that big a deal as the equipment doesn't have time to get super cold (or hot).  I sure wish all our gigs were that close.  As it was, we were traveling all over New England.  And now, on the West Coast, I hardly have any neighbors that are closer than 20 minutes away, let alone places to play music.

[stephenm52]

Update, we arrived at our destination the Genos remained in the vehicle during the cold nights.  All is well.  Yes I may have gambled but after talking to my close friend who is an electronics engineer, GaryD and Pianoman I felt confident the Genos would be fine, it is.  Thank you everyone for the feedback.

[travlin-easy]

Glad I could help, Steve. Stay warm down there in sunny Florida.

Gary

[stephenm52]

Glad I could help, Steve. Stay warm down there in sunny Florida.

Gary

Gary, thanks it was sunny today, but only hit 50 where we are.  I'll take it because at home in the frozen Northeast it's about 25 with a heavy duty storm on the way.