Re: Temperature Concerns

["Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Steve" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6UxMh.1769$_c5.1286@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Due to existing wiring, it would be easiest to recess a structured wiring
> boxes for RG-6 distribution and an alarm box on an external garage wall.
> The building is located in the high desert, comparable to Yuma.   Garage
> is insulated,  it's a north facing wall with minimal shade, but is still a
> bit of an oven during the summer,
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> I am worried about cooking components like the cable distribution
> amplifier and the main board and battery of the alarm.  I could do a brief
> thermal study, but the local temps are still not summer like.
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> Anyone have any experience with this?

Um, gee.  Nope.  No experience at all.  Like Yuma huh?

Seriously, "basic" alarm panels can really take some heat.  I've got a
couple installed in customer atics where it hits 150-160 that have been
working for years.  Amplifiers can't take the heat.  They need a cooler
environment.  Some of your other components may flake as well.  I've seen
routers and switches that were heat sensitive also.  Since you said
structured wiring there is no telling what might be in that box eventually.
I would go with an interior wall in a closet.  I hate working in closets,
but atleast you won't be getting radiated heat baking on an outside wall of
it.

A north facing wall is better than another wall, but...  whatever the temp
is in the garage will be close to the temp in your box.


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