Tape Trail

reel to reel and vacuum cleaner

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LtMandella

I store my tapes on racks in a carpeted room. When I vacuum near the tapes - say 6 inches distance - could I be damaging the recordings?

There must be something wrong with me for not having something wrong.

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Only if your vacuum cleaner is heavily magnetised. nt - oldmkvi 12:40:37 03/16/20 (0)
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RE: reel to reel and vacuum cleaner - Inmate51 10:59:58 03/10/20 (1)
Six inches from the beater bar brush, or six inches from the motor? And, it will of course depend on the particular vacuum cleaner motor's magnetic field. In the interest of caution, I wouldn't bring the motor that close to my tapes.

A second consideration of electrical fields, which you haven't raised as an issue in your case - although maybe you don't know - is storing tapes in proximity to electrical wiring, typically within a nearby wall. My general rule of thumb, for longterm storage, is to keep tapes at least three feet from any active AC wiring.
- RE: reel to reel and vacuum cleaner - LtMandella 11:03:59 03/10/20 (0)
  thank you. Upright vacuum, so the motor and the brushes vertically speaking are similar distance.
  
  I will consider what I can do to improve storage situation.
  
  There must be something wrong with me for not having something wrong.
RE: reel to reel and vacuum cleaner - 6bq5 13:28:13 03/09/20 (1)
Should not be -
While B fields (Magnetic fields) are generated by electrical cords and motors -
at household voltages there is not a sufficient field to alter the tapes-
Happy Listening
- RE: reel to reel and vacuum cleaner - LtMandella 13:35:30 03/09/20 (0)
  that's a relief to know, thank you!
  
  There must be something wrong with me for not having something wrong.

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