Plastic Hypothermia: How Cold is Too Cold for ABS Electronics Enclosures?
October 3rd, 2011
One of my favorites TV shows right now is Dual Survival on the Discovery Channel. For those of you who are not familiar with it, I will give you a quick overview. A tag-team duo, composed of an ex-military sniper named Dave and a barefoot wasteland hippie named Cody (yes, this man wears no shoes…ever), travel to remote parts of the world to show viewers survival techniques under extreme environmental conditions. In one particular episode, the duo takes on the scenario of two ranchers stranded on the Northern Great Plains in Montana during the dead of winter. Cody decides to ramp up his defense against the cold and wear a pair of socks on this episode…but remains shoeless of course. I find myself gawking at the TV, thinking to myself this guy is crazy -my feet would literally snap off my legs! The extreme cold episode reminds me of a question often posed from Polycase customers, “how cold is too cold for Polycase enclosures?”
Plastic Enclosures and Temperature Ratings
February 26th, 2010I’ll let you in on a secret: when it comes to chocolate, I can take it or leave it. Ok, not really a secret to those who know me, but news to you. Now, if there’s peanut butter involved, all bets are off. You’re likely to lose a limb if you try to come between a Reese’s and me. My good friend bought me one of those HUGE Reese’s peanut treats (it’s approximately 6 servings in one bar), which I slipped into my purse for later consumption. I did not notice that while I was driving, it decided to slip itself OUT of my purse. The next day, I attempted to retrieve it from my purse but when I found it wasn’t there, I went to the car and there it was in the back seat. When I lifted it, I discovered it had melted in the extreme temperatures inside the car. Oh the heartbreak.
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