[BC] RE: Remote Damage

[Ron Cole]

Marti Heat Stroke... Whats that?

We used to set up Marti's on the roof tops of bars all across South Texas in
the summertime.  Usually it was a 100+ degree day. You needed Gloves to
climb on the roof as everything up there was way too hot to touch.  I would
fire up the Marti about 4pm and let here run up there until about 7:30 pm or
so, a 5p-7p Friday afternoon remote.
Never recall a Marti going down because of heat.  I had lots of other issues
but don't remember a Marti failing because it got hot.

Things got better when we got a Remote Van and Antenna Mast, not more roof
tops.  Usually.

Ron


On 5/31/06, Mike <engineermike at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Did a sports remote at a bar in 100+ degree heat outside and the marti
> simply couldn't handle the heat so using a layer of plastic and a thin
> towel we packed the underside in ice at an angle with the edge of the
> fins in the ice and it held up for 4 hours without a blink.  It was safe
> as I watched it closely and everyone was thrilled especially after it
> shut down 20 minutes after I fired it up as a test prior to the show
> going on the air.  I rigged fans in the gear after that but for years
> after that they were never needed.  I also rigged some of the units in
> racks in the custom vans which had a large A/C vents built into the
> bottom of the racks so the van could be left running (diesel in most
> cases) cooling the system.  Lesson learned.  By the way the equipment
> was shaded but the umbrella wasn't large enough to do much more than the
> portable rack so I was left getting cooked in the sun with everyone else
> while we protected the gear for the show.  Ever reached for a pot and
> been burned by it because of the baking sun? LOL  Live and learn
> Later
> Mike
>
> Wade Giddens wrote:
> >
> > One time I made an emergency trip to a football game with a spare RPU
> > transmitter.  It turned out that one of the sports guys had put a pile
> > of stuff on top of the RPU.  The poor thing had a heat stroke.
> >
> >
> >
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