TL;DR

Linus Tech Tips just snagged a $40,000-plus environmental test chamber at auction for a mere $1,000—only to discover it’s been sitting outside in a surplus yard for years, hasn’t seen power in a decade, and the original manufacturer is long gone.

Now LTT Labs has two of these beasts, but they’ve got to figure out how to get it through the door, power it up, and actually make it work again—no small feat when it might be full of surprises (and oil leaks) from its past life.

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