On 2003.06.21 06:37 James Kuhns wrote: > > Have you tried putting the wap in the attic? My father in law has his on > > the second floor of his house and I can pick it up 300 feet away from his > > house, though it can't get through the big camper in his garage. > > Putting most electronic equipment in a house attic is a big no no... > > 1) attic temps can easily get >110 degrees (some estimates are 150-160 > degrees if unvented, I've recorded 115 in ours on a 94 degree sunny day - we > have a full length ridge vent, medium colored shingles and enough soffet > vents to look like swiss cheese) > 2) an attic is one of, and probably is, the dustiest room in the house > 3) noise travels to every room in the house from an attic > > #1 is a problem in itself. If the equipment has a cooling fan and you > couple #2 and #3: an out of balance fan could really be a pain at night, not > to mention the damage done when the fan finally stops spinning. >
Oh, I did not know these little base stations had big cooling requirements. Figures, my laptop card gets hot. It depends on the attic. I run a fan in my attic constantly to keep the temperature down, though that must bring more dust. I shoved a hub in my attic for a while and had no problems with it and I had ambitions to sheet rock in parts of the attic for stuff like this. My attic is the largest space in my house! It kills me not to use it.
