Protecting Turntables & Mixer from Playa Alkaline Dust!

[MikieCGY]

Any tips at all??? I know during the night the dust settles.. but during the day?? What to do????

Help!

[danibel]

Here is a thread that is in power and Illumination:http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?f=278&t=40250

I know people bring sensitive electronics out there, but I still feel the same way: if you would be upset if something got ruined, do not bring it to the playa.

[AntiM]

The dust doesn't "settle" so much as clings, all the time. Don't think house dust, think an explosion of a bag of flour, or a bottle of baby powder.

If you make a living with your gear, don't bring it to Burning Man.

[Raymaker]

as I remember it from last year the dust flies around 24/7, at night it is just dark and you don't see it, but if you look into a beam of light the dust looks like rain on a muggy day.

[Bay Bridge Sue]

The dust doesn't "settle" so much as clings, all the time. Don't think house dust, think an explosion of a bag of flour, or a bottle of baby powder.

If you make a living with your gear, don't bring it to Burning Man.

Or get a separate set of gear just FOR the playa, and clean the crap out of it when you get off playa.

[unjonharley]

If your stuff is big and loud enough to blow my socks off..

You should take care a drink is not spilled on the mixer, OOPS

[EspressoDude]

high power speakers suck playa dust into the cabinet, through any opening, including the cone material. Playa dust is abrasive, alkaline, and corrosive and will eat voice coils.

[Simon of the Playa]

put your equipment in a dishwasher.

run the cycle.

if your equipment still works it will survive the playa.

seriously.

[tamarakay]

Or blast it with a fire extinguisher and see how much of it settles and how hard it is to clean out. Playa is just a 1/2 a hair heavier than extinguisher dust.

[Ugly Dougly]

Okay, what are you doing with a turntable? Scratching? And you're worried about dust?