Look at Saginaw and Huffman sites to get ideas on how make a nice system. The bigger the enclosure the less heat will be created ...that alone will help you with heat. Around here we build open sheds to block direct sunlight. I will send you pictures On Sep 16, 2015 5:13 PM, "Sam Lambie" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for the tips guys. > Site is rebuilt now. Now to add exhaust fans. I like the idea of putting a > heat shield in front of the door. I might just go with that! Passive means > nothing fails. > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Jason McKemie < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The "roof" of the fan cooled DDB boxes that I've gotten essentially do >> this, with fans mounted on the inside of the enclosure at the top venting >> outwards (under the solar shield) - seems to be fairly effective. >> >> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Brian Webster <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Don’t discount the idea of installing a flat plate on the sun facing >>> face with standoffs. Just having that absorb the sun and heat with the air >>> gap beneath does a lot towards not letting the heat build up inside the >>> box. While there will be some conduction it will be a lot less than the >>> direct radiation from the sun. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thank You, >>> >>> Brian Webster >>> >>> www.wirelessmapping.com >>> >>> www.Broadband-Mapping.com >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Sam Lambie >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 16, 2015 12:48 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Cooling an outdoor NEMA box? >>> >>> >>> >>> I am in the process of rebuilding one of our sites from an old wooden >>> box to a more robust NEMA Wall mount cabinet that is 36x36x12. >>> >>> Unfortunately, the cabinet is on the southern side of the building and I >>> am wondering how to cool the damn thing during the summertime heat. >>> >>> I would like to install a 4 inch 100vac fan to suck air out with an >>> intake port on the other side. But it would be nice if the fans could be >>> temperture controlled. Has anyone done this? And what have you used to make >>> it happen? >>> >>> Sam >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> -- >>> *Sam Lambie* >>> Taosnet Wireless Tech. >>> 575-758-7598 Office >>> www.Taosnet.com <http://www.newmex.com> >>> >> >> > > > -- > -- > *Sam Lambie* > Taosnet Wireless Tech. > 575-758-7598 Office > www.Taosnet.com <http://www.newmex.com> >
