DWL-900AP+ External Mounting Environmentals ;-((

[Craig Sanders]

On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 03:21:17PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 01:30:34PM +1100, Grahame Kelly wrote:
> > Initial tests worked well - until the sun came over the house(s)
> > and while not directly in sunlight, the tempature raised to 32C
> > internally caused the units to both fail within 2 mins. According the
> 
> my DWL-900AP+ went up on my mast (a 12m telomast) yesterday afternoon
> in an aluminium box from jaycar, many thanks to Vak & Rob from the
> melbwireless innernorth group. we're feeding it 12V AC over the CAT-5
> cable and regulating it inside the box. BTW, the AP has been removed
> from it's original plastic casing.
> 
> it's been working perfectly so far. current temperature here is over 32
> degrees (the bom.gov.au site reports 32.4 degrees for Melbourne, and
> 34.1 degrees for Melbourne Airport. both readings logged at 3pm today)

FYI, another data point. it got up to 40.2 degrees here in Melbourne
today. my DWL-900AP+ has been running all day in a metal box at the top
of my mast without a problem. a good thing, too, i was a little worried
about whether it would survive a day like today.

i have no idea what the temperature inside the box was...maybe i should
look into getting one of those ibutton thingies.


craig

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Craig Sanders
Senior Systems Administrator
VICNET- Victoria's Network              http://www.vicnet.net.au/