Re: [TCLUG:5054] Is an mp3 Player Really All That Practical?

["Allie Micka" <allie@visi.com>]

I'd be really concerned about condensation... you'd almost have to have AC
on all the time, wouldn't you?


>I think a cooling system of some kind might not be a bad idea.  However I
don't
>think that the cold is a major concern (however frost on the motherboard is
a
>potentially bad thing), I think that a way of solving this would be to have
a
>fan circulating air all the time, even when the car is not on.  Would a 6"
fan
>really drain that much from the car battery?
>
>serge
>
>Allie Micka wrote:
>
>> Granted, having an mp3 player  in the car would really be handy and cut
way
>> down on scratched cd expenses, but is it safe?
>>
>> I mean, that equipmert wasn't really intended to withstand the 170
degrees
>> of your portable greenhouse in the summer, and I can only imagine the
horror
>> you would bring to a a hard drive that's cooled overnight to a nice -20
when
>> you turn the heat full on.
>>
>> Has anyone been able to make this work?  Do you need to find and plunk
down
>> wads of cash for ruggetized components of some kind? or a portable
>> temperature control solution?  I dunno...
>>
>> -Allie Micka
>>
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