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Thread ID: 46663 2004-07-01 09:09:00 Laptops and air temperature miknz (3731) Press F1
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248937 2004-07-01 10:16:00 i have heard of a few pc's which get crash happy when they get to cold (temps in the negatives). otherwise the biggest danger is condenstion. use a dehumidafier and it should be fine. tweak'e (174)
248938 2004-07-01 10:30:00 and humidity causes problems too - usual limit is 90-95%, so watch that laptop in the Islands (or Auckland & Northland) - although I suspect humidity sounds good if you are freezing your **** off in -3 :) andrew93 (249)
248939 2004-07-01 10:52:00 high humidity and cold temps = condenstion.

> although I suspect humidity sounds good if you are freezing your **** off in -3

actually it worse. dry but cold is far nicer than wet and mildly cold. i'm sure all northlanders will agree ;-)
tweak'e (174)
248940 2004-07-01 10:58:00 the grass is always greener isn't it?
;)
andrew93 (249)
248941 2004-07-02 00:12:00 Where do you work Mike (geographically)? I'm interested in the distribution of cold temperatures....from a scientific point of view.

:-)
Sb0h (3744)
248942 2004-07-02 01:35:00 Sunny Blenheim miknz (3731)
248943 2004-07-02 02:05:00 > Why is it that we cant do anything in this country
> with out some sniffly nosed, cardigan wearing govt
> offical saying "you cant do that ". Will need OSH
> approval to pass an oversize No.2 shortly.
>
> OSH and ACC annoy the crap out of me.

It's easy to say that when you are the one responsible for meeting OSH guidelines. When you have been on the receiving end of dodgy working conditions it tends to change your opinion.
BIFF (1)
248944 2004-07-02 04:38:00 Excellent, another good data gathering night in Blenheim. I investigate frost patterns over vineyards and orchards so cold, clear nights are all good for me. :D Sb0h (3744)
248945 2004-07-02 04:51:00 Hi SbOh , do you take a laptop out with you on your investigations ..? Or is the data collected at the various sites "automatically" by some piece of recording hardware ? KatiMike (242)
248946 2004-07-02 05:19:00 Hi KatiMike,

Data is collected via temp data loggers and hobo weather stations placed out onsite and downloaded once we have enough data for analysis, typically 4-6 good clear nights. So the laptop is only in the field when launching the weather stations.
Sb0h (3744)
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