[BC] RE: Remote Damage

[JYRussell@academicplanet.com]

IIRC - the unit we use had enough room inside to add another fan.  I never 
did it, though I had considered it one day while doing some PM.  I do 
know... it helps a whole lot if you keep all the air holes open... and se 
the thing in the shade under the remote table...

Jason
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Cole" <rondcole at gmail.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] RE: Remote Damage


> 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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