esmphoto
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Hey everyone,
with a new holiday lightshow popping up every hour (as others have mentioned recently) I was wondering if anyone had any ideas or experience regarding weatherproofing a projector. I've toyed with the idea several years in a row come Halloween time, and have decided that now may be the time to see what some real pros think as it is the season where this type of installation gets all the buzz.
Edward
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I'll start by throwing in what I've tried/considered
TRIED) A big plastic tub,
the kind you get from the hardware store or wallmart/target/etc. with a big hole cut and sealed with plexiglass and louvered slots on the sides where the projectors fans were. Did not like this. the whole thing seemed like the projector was just going to melt it, and it didnt feel waterproof at all.
CONSIDERED) a pelican case,
with a plexiglass window in the front, foam cut to the size of the projector with channels (possibly lined with heat resistant something?) leading from a big powerful intake fan up against a louvered slot on one slide acoss the projectors ventilation system and exterior hotspots and out another fan against a louvered slot on the other side of the box. Also weatherproof, panel mounted AC power input connector, as well as Ethernet (for the vga/dvi extender) and serial for control.
thoughts?
theres also always just propping the projector up in your car, but then that's the size of a car.
with a new holiday lightshow popping up every hour (as others have mentioned recently) I was wondering if anyone had any ideas or experience regarding weatherproofing a projector. I've toyed with the idea several years in a row come Halloween time, and have decided that now may be the time to see what some real pros think as it is the season where this type of installation gets all the buzz.
Edward
---Edit----
I'll start by throwing in what I've tried/considered
TRIED) A big plastic tub,
the kind you get from the hardware store or wallmart/target/etc. with a big hole cut and sealed with plexiglass and louvered slots on the sides where the projectors fans were. Did not like this. the whole thing seemed like the projector was just going to melt it, and it didnt feel waterproof at all.
CONSIDERED) a pelican case,
with a plexiglass window in the front, foam cut to the size of the projector with channels (possibly lined with heat resistant something?) leading from a big powerful intake fan up against a louvered slot on one slide acoss the projectors ventilation system and exterior hotspots and out another fan against a louvered slot on the other side of the box. Also weatherproof, panel mounted AC power input connector, as well as Ethernet (for the vga/dvi extender) and serial for control.
thoughts?
theres also always just propping the projector up in your car, but then that's the size of a car.
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