subject: Outdoor Digital Signage - Fortification From The Climate. [print this page] How does this technology get protected all through the coldest time of the year? Winter conjures up pictures of last year with the heavy snow fall in the United kingdom that brought many of the roads to a standstill, so imagine what this will do to fragile hardware.
An LCD enclosure is the perfect answer, as you will read it has a solution for all the challenges you stumble upon during winter.
Freezing weather.
When the temperature in the open drops below zero, you have to speculate why digital marketing is so successful, surely no one is watching the adverts in this cold weather? Nevertheless if the inside of the LCD enclosure hits zero, the screen and content player or small factor PC will be in danger of failing, to avoid this the better manufactured outdoor digital signage enclosures are installed with thermostatic heaters, these in reality work before it gets to zero, to avert the next challenge.
Condensation.
With the heat from the screen and computer in cold weather, this can produce condensation within the casing, however a thermostatically controlled warmer stops this issue by heating the enclosure before moisture is created in the casing.
Insulation.
For extreme cold climates, thermally controlling lagging is used, to retain heat within the enclosure, whilst the cooling system takes out heat build up, making sure the within of the enclosure is at the right temperature.
Freezing locks.
What would take place if you send an installer to site only to find after driving for 2 hours he cannot open the casing to access the technology for necessary maintenance-Apart from wasting precious time and money.
Some enclosure makers supply their casings with weather shield's, this keeps out dust and the snow, the worse potential event we have heard of is of vandals putting super glue into the locks of the enclosure! This is eliminated with weatherproof shields.
So in preparation for Winter, take note of some of the would-be problems you may meet and look for an enclosure that has all of the above to reduce you wasting time trying to resolve tribulations that could have been prohibited.
