Weatherproofing a laptop

[Devin McBride]

What would be really slick is to put a few small solar panels on there to power a small intake fan on the side.  $20 worth of panels will do the job.

Devin


-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net on behalf of Harmon Seaver
Sent: Wed 7/5/2006 5:26 AM
To: SeattleWireless Talk List
Subject: Re: Weatherproofing a laptop
 
On 7/3/06, Tyler <tyler at azulstar.com> wrote:
>
> Probably the best bet is to put it into a completely sealed box and then put
> a sun shade over it.

    I wouldn't put it in a completely sealed box, that would cook it.
Put it in a little shelter like they use for weather instruments. They
have a roof with a large enough overhang all around to shade it and
then the walls are vented -- white-painted wood slats at an angle so
rain can't get in but air flows  freely. Cheap and easy to build or
you can buy them. Like these:

http://www.rickly.com/MI/InstrumentShelter.htm

   But I would put more overhang on the roof.
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