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Oxidation, how to prevent?

I will soon move to a hot and humid area.

Can afford to run AC all day long not to mention it's not green, like your expert opinions how to prevent it?

Some of my equipments have shinny chrome faces, can I use car wax on them to prevent oxidation? What about RCA or XLR jacks? I don't think I want to use wax there since it will degrade sound, what other options do I have? I can put covers on the unused plugs, but it's not air tight and will still degrade over time.

I often read cartridge suspensions will dry up over time especially in hot weather, does humidity helps or is it worse? Will I be better off storing unused cartridges in humidity & temp control vault?
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ghstudio
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Let me introduce you to Caig Deoxit which I've used for years in my sound studio and with my sound gear:

http://www.caig.com/

Clean all of your contacts as often as needed....or at least once a year.

I wouldn't worry too much about the external cases of equipment. Internally, you can get some corrosion on relays, coil wound pots and such....which you really can't control unless you condition the air.
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