Store Your Electronic Components

If you are finding it difficult to keep your electronic components in tip-top condition due to the high level of humidity, you are on the right page. Humidity can cause the growth of mold and condensation on your electronic components. Therefore, you may want to get a dry cabinet as these units can help you resolve this issue without any problem. Read on to find out more about the importance of using these products.

Typically, a dry cabinet is an enclosure that can protect your materials from excessive moisture. In most cases, these products are used to store appliances and equipment that may not work properly if exposed to a high-humidity environment.

Actually, some instruments and equipment such as electronics, pcb boards and lens will stop working if stored in a high humidity environment. Moisture can reduce the internal performance of components and may cause them to malfunction.

Without further ado, let’s take a look at some solid reasons why you may want to store your electronic components in an Auto dry cabinet.

Importance of Using Dry Cabinets

First of all, you need to understand that fungus can develop in areas where the humidity level is too high. If something can damage your electronic components the most, it cannot be any other thing but a fungus. On top of this, the fungus is difficult to remove and may cause a lot of damage to your expensive electronic components.

Apart from this, the fungus continues to grow between the lens and the lens of the glass. Usually, you may face this problem if you keep your camera in an environment with fungus and a high level of humidity. The moment fungus starts to grow, it won’t take much time to spread and infect other things that you have placed near your gear.

If your electronics has been infected with fungus, you may not want to clean it with force or you may end up damaging the special coating on your electronics.

Typically, EMS manufacturers store their humidity sensitive devices in drawers and cupboards. Inside these storage units, the environment is dark and humid. As a result, fungus can easily thrive. Besides, these EMS manufacturers are from countries where the climate is humid and tropical throughout the year.

So, the best solution is to get dry cabinets. These units can make sure your expensive electronic is protected against dust, water vapor, and a high level of humidity.

Bonus Tips:

  • It’s not a good idea to store your electronics in an environment where the humidity level is too low as it causes irreparable damage to the rubber seals.
  • Generally, the humidity level should be lower than 30%, or you may face problems with your moisture sensitive components.

In short, these are some of the solid reasons why you may want to invest in dry cabinets to store your expensive moisture sensitive components. These units are strong enough to stand the test of time. So, the investment is worth it provided you get a high quality unit.

PSA Shut Down for 90 Days – The Effect on the Sports Card Industry

On March 30th, 2021 PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator) announced they were temporarily suspending all their grading services below Super Express ($350 a card) for at least 90 days with the hope of reopening all services around July 1st, 2021. PSA received more cards in 3 days than they did in the previous 3 months which is what led to the backlog and ultimately the difficult decision of suspending new submissions for a couple months.

OK, so let’s look at the impact this may have in the short term. Long term should be negligible to the sports card industry as it looks like at this point in time since they intend on being back to servicing all PSA grading levels within 90 days.

1 – People I believe will step back and take note on inspecting each card and really enjoy the card look for what it is more rather than just looking for a graded card since they won’t be grading nearly as many cards as they were previously simply because of PSA’s postponement of services.

2 – With SGC (Sportscard Guaranty Company) at minimum of $75/card and BGS (Beckett Grading Services) at minimum of $100/card to get a card graded within 1 month or less we most likely aren’t going to see much of an increase in business since PSA still has Super Express service open at $350/card and their brand commands so much higher values in the open market.

3 – The suspension of PSA grading services leaves the opportunity for companies like HGA (Hybrid Grading) and CSG (Certified Sports Guaranty) to make up ground especially on the lower-end cards with values of $500 or less because of their low cost grading services. So far I believe it will be CSG that has the best chance at grabbing a good piece of the market share for value cards of $500 or less away from PSA at least in the short term while PSA’s value service is suspended. How much CSG retains in market share if PSA reinstates the value grading service at $25 is the unknown variable.

4 – In the short term, PSA 10 values should increase on all cards but especially should increase on lower end cards valued at $1k or less simply because you can’t grade with any sports card PSA at that value unless you wanted to utilize the Super Express service, but that wouldn’t make financial sense to do at $350 per card. I fully expect this will create more demand for those cards in the short term. However, in the long term many of the base level cards that are PSA 10 should return to normal values once/if PSA resumes their value service which is currently set at $25/card. The higher value cards of staples in every market (baseball, football, basketball, etc) should continue to rise though as there are less of those available in the marketplace which is the simple rule of supply and demand.

Why Do You Really Need An Investor For Your Business Startup?

Do you have a dream to be a successful entrepreneur or your own boss? What if you have a fabulous plan but lack of funding to implement it? What do you do, give up on your dream? Maybe Yes, but you should never do this. Keep your dreams alive and have faith in them because faith moves the mountains. Faith in yourself and your dreams is important to make them a beautiful reality. Don’t worry; even though you are a lack of money you can start your business. Don’t get surprised. Just leave no stone unturned, go and find an investor – a person who wants to invest in any plan that guarantees great returns.

Do you still have any doubt, why you need an investor? Let’s make it simple. It’s a common math that if you have enough money to fund your dreams, so, you can bootstrap your way, but what if you haven’t? In any such condition, you need an investor that funds your dream and you can turn them into reality. It’s quite obvious that getting investment for your very first project is hard but not impossible. Have some faith in your plans, so, you can make the other person believe in it too. Your plan is the key that unlocks the door of success for you, so, you should be ready with that.

Finally, you know, why do you need an investor for your business startup – right? So, now the question is who invests in your plan and why? Any person who is willing to invest in any plan that gives assurance about the great returns. Despite the great returns, a person who is ready to invest in your plan can be the one, who have a deep knowledge of your business field or have interest to actively help to grow a company or a newcomer.

Now when you know the answer to all your questions, so you should take your first step toward the success of your dream confidentially to be the one you have imagined. Never give up on your dreams, instead, go and fight for them. After the all these struggles, the success you will get give you the sigh of relief. Always remember, if you are passionate about what you want to do and what you want to be, so, no one can stop you. Don’t doubt yourself ever because it kills more dreams than failure ever will.

Your Money Goals

3 Factors which determine your investment strategy

You may be wondering what is the right investment strategy for you, but without knowing anything about you, any advice on which investments are right for you may in fact be the wrong ones. There are basically three factors that determine which are the right investments for you, they are:

1. Your age

2. Purpose for the money

3. Your risk profile

Starting with your age. It would be rather silly of you to invest all your money in growth funds if you are aged 65 because if the market takes a dive such as was the case during the 1987 sharemarket crash and to a lesser extent, the Global Financial Crisis during the early 2000s you have less time to recover from these setbacks whereas the young ones have time on their side.

The purpose for the money is the second factor.

Decide whether you require the money in the short-term, medium-term, or long-term.

Short-term would be up to a year.

Medium-term is 1-5 years

Long-term is longer than five years

Short term expenses would be, a bank account for emergencies, a holiday within a year, dental expenses, or t pay for the kids schooling for a year.

Medium-term would be savings for a car.

Long term would be your retirement fund, saving for a house deposit, or saving for the trip of a lifetime.

Your risk profile is a determining factor in where you invest your money. If the thought of the sharemarket taking a dive will give you sleepless nights then investing growth stocks in the sharemarket is not for you. A better option would be managed funds where you will be given a choice between growth, balanced, and conservative funds.

It is important not to get into debt for there is a cost to debt and that is interest. Interest adds to the cost of goods bought with borrowed money, and this adds up to a fortune during a lifetime of borrowing for consumables. This is called bad debt because the value of the item declines over time.

There is such a thing as good debt though and this is your first home because the value of the property increases during the lifetime of the loan but even this is not always a good option for some people if you live a kind of transient lifestyle.

“Everyone is to their own,” so only you know what makes you tick so your personal circumstances are the determining factors which govern where best to invest your savings.

You must do your homework before you invest in anything, whether that is the sharemarket, managed funds, or gold. There is so much information available on just about everything, and that includes finance. It is just a matter of learning the ropes and having a financial strategy which suits your personal circumstances.