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Old 27-12-2008, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian W View Post
Hi, a friend of ours kept his scope at his beach house. Inside of 2 years the mount was nicely pitted with rust. (not that he ever used it he just left it inside) Electrolysis is going to be a problem because of all the different metals that are used in a scope. Wiring will corrode quickly.

I live in the tropics, I was a lighthouse keeper in Canada, I love the ocean and the beach and the thought of a telescope on the beach just makes me shudder.
Brian
Brian - does this mean that taking it outside for periods of a few hours each night will have a disastrous effect on it?
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