The KEY to environmental control is ultimately to control humidity.
Water (liquid/vapor) kills electronics.
Now, HOW you control water is the key to longevity. Basically, you have
three factors that impact how well you control the environment:
temperature, pressure, and humidity.
If you have all the money in the world, you can produce a standard
temp/pressure/humidity in any size volume you want.
Money is often the ultimate limiting factor. Sometimes it is
availability of power.... AND money.
For a LOT less than they charge for these communications modules, you
can produce an environment for your remote electronics that will insure
effective performance and longevity for the components.
It costs some money, but if you have the skills, energy, and time, you
can DRASTICALLY reduce the amount of money it will take to address the
situation.
To the OP: WHAT ARE YOUR REQUIREMENTS? Volume of artificial
environment? (length, width, height.... a box, a small room, a radio
station?)
What equipment do you need to put in the environment.... What are the
operating and non-operating specifications for EACH piece? What is the
most restrictive spec for each of the following: humidity, temperature
(high and low), pressure, etc.
Bottom line.... you gotta keep the water away from the electronics....
this involves 1) stopping the air pumping action from outside to inside
via thermal/temperature and pressure delta pumping action, and 2)
keeping the water vapor that IS inside the environment in a VAPOR state
and stopping it from condensing. There are other conditions and
mitigation techniques for each.
But until we know the requirements, we cannot begin to construct a solution.
73,
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Clay Autery, KY5G
(318) 518-1389
On 05-Jul-18 09:18, Walter Underwood wrote:
A good window air conditioner is $200. See the reviews here:
https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-air-conditioner/
wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
CM87wj
http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
On Jul 4, 2018, at 7:06 PM, Grant Youngman <[email protected]> wrote:
The Bard cooling units on these things alone will set you back maybe $3500
each. One of these would be a great solution. Larger ones would actually make
a really nice shack. But I know, because I used to bid these out and manage
contractors putting them in, they are definitely not “economical” unless you’re
quite well heeled. :-)
Grant NQ5T
K3 #2091, KX3 #8342
On Jul 4, 2018, at 9:59 PM, W2xj <[email protected]> wrote:
A little more than a shed but you might consider a pre-fabricated
communications shelter if you can afford it. You can get them complete with
power and climate control. Here is an example:
http://thermobond.com/
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