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Old 29-11-2009, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by sheeny View Post
Passive stuff would be things like double skin the roof, so there's an air gap between the top skin and the roof you have now. What sort of obs do you have? Roll off roof or dome?

If you want to be a little less passive, what about a solar exhaust fan? I was considering one for my POD but I see the links to the solar fans are gone from the POD website, so I guess the opinion is the dome covers they sell are more effective. Google for 12V solar exhaust fan. There are some good options in the range of $90 to $170 for fully self contained solar panel and fan extractors.

Of course, there's always the brute force method of installing air con...

Al.
al ive the solar fan in mine there a great idea and possibly do keep the temp down but i think the amount of hot air that acculiminates in the pod is to great for the little fan 48deg in it today and its a stinker outside haveing all the trees around me lets me have dark skies but the breeze strugles ive opened the door and put the fan on inside blowing the air out the door drops the temp quickly im considering some type of cover over as mentioned in this thread that air gap is needed im a little concerned that the temps may get a little high for the gear
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