Chuck, Did you do a write up on that? It would be interesting to see the results. It might even be fun to try it down here in TX especially this week. Supposed to be 103 to 110 this week with anywhere from 30-50% humidity and little cloud cover.
On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 7:42 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I did a bunch of trials one summer testing a variety of methods including > heat shields, exterior insulation, interior insulation, convection > ventilation, forced ventilation, peltier effect active cooling. > > #1 by a long shot is painting the enclosure bright white. > > > *From:* Bill Prince > *Sent:* Friday, July 13, 2018 6:37 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] How to reliably cool a small enclosure in direct > sunlight? > > > 1. Add a thermostatically controlled ventilation fan > > 2. Put a heat shield up on the south side of the enclosure. This can be > just a plate of aluminum, painted white on the sun side, and mounted to the > enclosure with 1" standoffs > > We have a site like yours, and just the fan keeps the temperature below > 120° F (49° C). I think if we added the heat shield we could drop it > another 10° F. > > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 7/13/2018 4:51 PM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: > > I’ve got a few side of the house enclosures exposed to direct sunlight > part of the day. > > > > Inside the electronics are about ready to melt. Like 90C+ CPU temps. > > > > These are about 3’ x 3’ x 12 deep or something like that, so not a lot of > room. > > > > What are you guys using to keep these things decently cool? > > > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >
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