Re: [TCLUG:5054] Is an mp3 Player Really All That Practical?

[serge@egel2.med.umn.edu (Serge M. Egelman)]

Or you could put silica gel around everything somehow, although this might
interfere with the cooling (if the board is covered in silica gel, air won't get
through too well).



Allie Micka wrote:

> I'd be really concerned about condensation... you'd almost have to have AC
> on all the time, wouldn't you?
>
> >I think a cooling system of some kind might not be a bad idea.  However I
> don't
> >think that the cold is a major concern (however frost on the motherboard is
> a
> >potentially bad thing), I think that a way of solving this would be to have
> a
> >fan circulating air all the time, even when the car is not on.  Would a 6"
> fan
> >really drain that much from the car battery?
> >
> >serge
> >
> >Allie Micka wrote:
> >
> >> Granted, having an mp3 player  in the car would really be handy and cut
> way
> >> down on scratched cd expenses, but is it safe?
> >>
> >> I mean, that equipmert wasn't really intended to withstand the 170
> degrees
> >> of your portable greenhouse in the summer, and I can only imagine the
> horror
> >> you would bring to a a hard drive that's cooled overnight to a nice -20
> when
> >> you turn the heat full on.
> >>
> >> Has anyone been able to make this work?  Do you need to find and plunk
> down
> >> wads of cash for ruggetized components of some kind? or a portable
> >> temperature control solution?  I dunno...
> >>
> >> -Allie Micka
> >>
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