DiyLightAnimation
Hardware => Lynx Smart String => Topic started by: chrisatpsu on December 14, 2011,
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How are they holding up for those using them?
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We have not had any bad weather yet, but so far so good for me!
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Mine is fine, but it does sit on my covered porch. Also I have all my SSCs mounted under the eaves and not exposed to direct rainfall so all has been good for me.
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Mine also sits under the covering for the porch but so far so good. We had a bit of wind and rain this weekend the case was wet but dry as can be on the inside.
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So far so good. The box is on the edge of my porch as well, but it has gotten wet with no water getting inside. I wish I could say the same for the pixel strings. And of course the pixels effected are always at the roof peak :(
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Mine is setting out in the yard. It seems to be keeping the equipment dry so far but it's hard to tell until I can bring them in and check them out. It has rained and we also have a lot of heavy dew. I filled the little air holes on the top to keep water from sneaking in there.
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I actually used gorrila tape to cover the vent holes in mine and so far so good with that as well.
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Hot glue works and handled 10 below fine
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i put electrical tape to cover the holes on the inside, then coated the holes on top with liquid electrical tape.
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Is the PSU not getting the boxes hot? Haven't purchased mine yet but figured I'd need to rig up some kind of cover/shield that still allowed some air circulation while keepind direct water out (plan to put it under my front deck which is under a covered porch).
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Air is vented through 4 cable input holes that are pointed down.
I filled mine with gorilla glue because it expands to fill all the extra little holes.
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Just wondering how the boxes will do with snow either on it or around the box.
Rick R.
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Is the PSU not getting the boxes hot? Haven't purchased mine yet but figured I'd need to rig up some kind of cover/shield that still allowed some air circulation while keepind direct water out (plan to put it under my front deck which is under a covered porch).
Not an issue for me. It is plenty cold here and there is no insulation to the boxes.
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Its been 70's here and I opened one of the boxes up during the show, it was barely above room temperature. I think the 80+ power supplies make a differnce too. I am using the one RJ used last year, its the Rosewill Green Series 630.
As for the vent holes, I used the mounting tabs for the straps, cut them, and then epoxied them over the vent holes in the top cover.
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Opened mine last night to troubleshoot an issue. I have two outside and this one is an old Sears box from what looks like 1976. It has rained a lot here. Inside was dry. Temperature was good. The show was running and the inside was maybe 80 or so as a guess. Outside temp was in the 50's (unusual for us). I could definitely tell that it was warm, but not hot. Most of the feedback I got was from the air blowing out of the PSU from the built-in fan.
My $0.02,
-Keith
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I put caulk around the air hole cover and then sprayed the top with flat black paint. Seems to be just fine and the former holes are not very noticeable.
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Just wondering how the boxes will do with snow either on it or around the box.
Rick R.
that's a good point, rick, as we get a lot of snowfall, and the box starts to melt the snow, we might get some top run off towards the big side holes. I'll look at how well the sides are protected, and ifi have to look into a homemade "dripedge"
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I have not measured mine, but I believe the edge of the top has about a 1/2 inch overlap. I would think that is enough. If you think a little water might get in the bottom, just put a couple of small pieces of lumber in the bottom to hold the PS off the bottom. I have my hub screwed to two pieces of pvc pipe that fit across the long edge of the box in a couple of grooves that are built-in to the ends of the box so it is up in the air away from wher water might accumulate..
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Mine have been in the snow the last couple weeks and no problem. I mean, I clear the area around it ... but its been to -10 F and don't think heat is any issue at all. These good quality PS are so quiet, I can't even tell when its on unless I listen carefully. I think think I'm working it very hard at all yet.
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i was thinking more of when snow accumulates above the box during the day, and then the show kicks on, and warms up, it'll start to melt the snow that directly touching the case, you might get some water runoff on top of the snow towards the case, untils it melts further. i'm just wondering if that would be an issue. i do like the sitting on pvc idea.
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My idea was to put some wood underneath to get it off the ground, and take a piece of thin sheet metal and bend an A frame to sit on top of it so water would run off and not splash up in anything.
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It rained this afternoon. Had to replace a power supply for other reasons but the inside was perfectly dry. Even with water standing on the top. (plugged the vent holes)
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Hello,
I have had a lot of rain over the past few weeks ( 3 inches + ) and it has worked like a charm! It is close to the house but in the full elements none the less. I did throw a piece of plastic over the top as I do with all my controllers I have not even thought twice about checking since I did after the first heavy rain and it was dry as could be.
I'm also impressed with the light strip as well, they have handled everything the weather could throw at them and have worked every night and even on the rainy nights as well.
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I'm having more problems with my cat5 coupler freezing up or getting moisture in them.
The battery box could probably be buried in the snow. The hot glue over the vent holes produces the
nicest and quickest solution, IMHO. I tried silicone caulk also but its not as nice.