From: David Pedersen <dav-ped_at_frisurf.no>
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 19:04:35 -0400

EH, well! How do you know, if the display works properly, INSIDe the fridge?
You must have a pretty big fridge! :)

Sorry, just joking!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Manuel Dejonghe" <manuel_at_dejonghe.de>
To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: Robustness Tests


> On 4/11/06, Simon Eigeldinger <simon.eigeldinger_at_vol.at> wrote:
>> I heard that someone put his player into the fridge. Has someone
>> tested how robust such hard drive players are? :-)
>
> This was rather an emergency rescue than a habit.
> And for the record: The unit did still not work afterwards, so unless
> somebody states it otherwise: No, no rockbox survived the fridge yet
> :-)
>
> Now for serious: As long as the temperatures are within the ranges in
> the data spec sheets, it should even be working inside of the fridge.
>
> Batteries are known to be NOT very effective when cold, however they
> can conserve better in the cold. So that may be one reason the unit
> does not run in the fridge. The display will for sure have it's
> problems as well.
>
> My recV1 survived several nights in my car at about -5 °C. Altough I
> noticed once it did not spin up.
>
> So I suppose, as long as you stay in the tech-spec-ranges, even
> freezing should be ok.
>
> There is just one thing you REALLY have to pay attention about: When
> you get it out of the cold, give it the proper time to defrost,
> preferably WITHOUT batteries.
> The humidity of the air may condensate inside of the device,
> short-circuiting things and so on.
>
> ~lImbus
>
>
>
Received on 2006-04-11