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> Note I would have thought min temp is not a problem. I would think that |
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> the main issues with cold are simply icing, frost, fans freezing and |
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> other mechanical things like HDs? |
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To go to -40C you have to be careful with a lot of other components. |
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Capacitors especially electrolitics will have to be carefully selected. |
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-20C is probably on the edge for standard components. We also fit disk |
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heaters although these days we'd suggest solid state data storage. |
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Several of the big little board manufacturers offer extended temperature |
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ranges, but they charge premium prices for them, and are expensive for |
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one off projects. |
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I'd suggest going with best domestic range board you can get and then |
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try to protect it from the extremes in some way. Bury it a few feet |
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under ground snuggled up to a large thermal mass like the battery. Out |
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of the wind a few feet under temperatures should stablise around about |
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-4C. |
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Bob Dunlop |
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