Take care of your radio

So many cheap consumer electronics
that go bad sitting around out there.
Here are my top recommendations
for making your radio last:

---Remove batteries when you set aside.
     Batteries still  ooze caustics sometimes
    when they get old.

---Wrap the radio in a plastic  bag!
     Dust makes that volume control
    crunchiness, and can wipe out
    the carbon film of the volume control

---Keep it cool and dry if you can.
     Capacitors inside have a lifetime.
     Hot attics can kill.  Room temp is good.
     A cool basement, if the humidity is
    not high, will make things age slower.

---don't buy speakers with foam
    surrounds around the cones.  Foam
   rot wrecks speakers.  Some are
   still made with weak coated porous foam.