I live in a pretty cramped in sharehouse and there is a shower in my room, directly next to the shower is my desk with my PC on it. Could the steam from the shower damage my pc? If so is there anyway I can prevent this? (ie cover my pc with a blanket of some kind when I have a shower to reduce the condensation (if that even works like that)). I know this is a potentially idiotic question but I just wanna game after work, man… thanks guys,

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Also, there is a ceiling shower fan that I have turned on whilst I shower, although i doubt that helps much as sometimes I exit the shower and my mirror will be foggy for a while. I only just got my computer out of storage now.

  • Haitz4@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    At my work(meat processing plant), we had a standard PC(dell optiplex to be exact) in a small kiosk in the middle of the hall. Inside, there was a looooooot of moisture due to condensation and leakage(the halls are sprayed with detergents and water after every shift).

    The power supply died twice and the motherboard once, it was in a timestamp of 3 years

    So basically yeah, the moisture is able to damage a computer, but if the room isnt damp 24/7, then it shouldn’t be a VERY likely scenario.

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    If you can, move the computer somewhere else just to be 100% sure.

  • bippy_b@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I live in Houston where there can be up to 80% humidity in the air… as long as you don’t move the PC into the room with the shower you should be good. Run the fan. Keep the door open so the humid air mixes with the less humid air. You should be fine.

  • Muted-One-1388@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    For me that can totally be a issue, even with towel and not running there is a lot of humidity after shower in all the room.

    You need a extract fan (VMC in french / CMV in english ? ) to suck out of the room the steam.
    I don’t know if the "ceiling shower fan " is like a CMV.

    Maybe putting the PC in a cabinet can help, but good luck with temp issue.

      • WHATTHEFARO@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Nah it’s just an extractor fan. HVAC is a generalised term for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning. Which can be a whole bunch of systems. As for can the shower damage it? Yes, yes it can. I’d move the PC as far away from the shower as possible. Turn down the shower temperature as then there will be less water vapour. Use some silica desiccant moisture traps around the PC also.

  • Kracus@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yes, in fact steam can even turn the water damage indicator on your phone on to show as it’s been water damaged and if it stops working and you try to return it for warranty reasons you’ll get denied and told there was water damage. (happened to me with an old blackberry)

  • leolego2@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yes that will be an issue and there’s no real permanent fix to it. Humidity will build up unless you have a huge extract fan.

    You really can’t move the pc somewhere else ? You could get extenders (cheap), a separate power button, usb hub if you need it and just keep your monitor and peripherals near the shower, those are much less delicate

    Are you the only one using the shower or is it more people? Is the shower walled off or does it have curtains ?

    Please post a picture of the setup if you can.

  • iMattist@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    100% the steam will damage the components, your best bet is probably to run it hot to avoid moisture to appear on the inside of the pc since it will appear on cool surfaces, but still the humidity will rust the components eventually.