Hazardous Environment PC Case

[Junk Parts]

Who makes a PC case for hazardous environments? I'm not talking
about some million dollar HazMat approved unit but something us
normal folks could use in our homes. I would want the case to be
well sealed including any buttons and LED's on the front. The air
intake at the rear should be filtered. The Optical drives should
also be protected by some sort of gasketed glass or plastic door.

[Wizard]

Re: Hazardous Environment PC Case

Filters plugs up quickly. Scourge up large heatsink fins and attach to the sides of case sandwiching both heatsinks inside and outside on one panel and let convection cool the exterior fins and have one fan circulate internal air around. Must modify the PSU so it vents internally with warm air away from mainboard preferably deflected toward the heatsink.

I'm talking about 3" tall fins widely spaced and about a foot long and about half the as wide. 60" Plasma panel and PSU is kept cooled by convection even PSU is dissipating 500W and panel consuming over 400W at full white is cooled by 1/8" thick aluminum plate bonded to the glass panel.

Use surface area to do your cooling work. Industrial switches and sealed LED indicators can be sourced no problem.

Cheers, Wizard

[larrymoencurly]

Re: Hazardous Environment PC Case

Can you find one of those old IBM PCs made for explosive atmospheres and copy them?