Airconditioning for IP55 Enclosure

[breacher]

Hi all,

We have an IP55 - 25U outdoor ventilated enclosure. Problem is, it's getting direct sunlight during the warmest period of the day - if we have 34 degrees or higher days, we have multiple Core Routers and a Dell PowerEdge Server that is overheating.

We've made a sun "visor" - it helps but is not sufficient, does anyone have similar problems/suggestions/solutions?

Also what do you guys use to remotely monitor highsites? MFi? Micro Instruments? And why?

Thanks

 

[Rickster]

Hi all,

We have an IP55 - 25U outdoor ventilated enclosure. Problem is, it's getting direct sunlight during the warmest period of the day - if we have 34 degrees or higher days, we have multiple Core Routers and a Dell PowerEdge Server that is overheating.

We've made a sun "wiser" - it helps but is not sufficient, does anyone have similar problems/suggestions/solutions?

Also what do you guys use to remotely monitor highsites? MFi? Micro Instruments? And why?

Thanks

Did you mean sun visor?

 

[breacher]

I did, thx!

 

[Level7]

Hi all,

We have an IP55 - 25U outdoor ventilated enclosure. Problem is, it's getting direct sunlight during the warmest period of the day - if we have 34 degrees or higher days, we have multiple Core Routers and a Dell PowerEdge Server that is overheating.

We've made a sun "visor" - it helps but is not sufficient, does anyone have similar problems/suggestions/solutions?

Also what do you guys use to remotely monitor highsites? MFi? Micro Instruments? And why?

Thanks

You need to look at a Thermo electric aircon : http://www.eicsolutions.com/product-category/thermoelectric-air-conditioners/

Cheapest we've found so far is 10k, so its cheaper to buy a normal aircon? Google peltier cooler we've built a prototype and it actually works pretty well.

 

[Seriously]

Hi all,

We have an IP55 - 25U outdoor ventilated enclosure. Problem is, it's getting direct sunlight during the warmest period of the day - if we have 34 degrees or higher days, we have multiple Core Routers and a Dell PowerEdge Server that is overheating.

We've made a sun "visor" - it helps but is not sufficient, does anyone have similar problems/suggestions/solutions?

Also what do you guys use to remotely monitor highsites? MFi? Micro Instruments? And why?

Thanks

Basic you need two large heatsinks thermally coupled (or on solid piece with cooling fins on to inside as well as outside of the box). One mounts inside the box with fans circulation hot air inside the box over the heatsinks to transfer the heat to the heatsink and this is thermally coupled with the other outside heatsink with fan circulating cooler air over the fins of the heatsink.

Replace heatsink with inside and outside radiators filled with fluid with the outside radiator higher than the inside unit and you have a thermosyphon cooler. Fans again do the heat transfer duties. Think PC water cooling.

 

[breacher]

@ Level-7

Thank you, will look into it! Are these (URL) stocked locally?

@ Seriously,
Thank you, will also look into it!