Handling Systems Exposed to Extreme Temperatures?

NeoMagick asks: "I live in a rural town in the Pacific Northwest, and I'll soon be picking up a Shuttle system which will get mounted in the trunk of my car, and patched into probably an Alpine or Pyle in-dash LCD panel. This last week temperatures have gotten up to 105degF, and have been known to get to -10degF in the winters. I'm wondering if any /.ers have had issues with computers in cars in such extreme temperatures (overheating? freezing?), and if so what they did to solve such problems."

Comments

shutting down?

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do you have to remember to shut down the stystem everytime you shut off the car. it could get annoying if every time you had to wait 30 sec to fully kill vehicle power.

on the other hand, if it could run with out the ignition being on, how fast would it drain the battery?

would there be any way to write a script that automaticly shuts down correcctly the system when you shut off the car. I know there are systems for turbos that do a simmilar thing. when you shut down a turbo automobile, especially if you have been driving hard, you are supposed to let the engine idle for 2-5 minutes before killing power. this is to let the hot oil out of the turbo and let every thing cool down properly. there aare turbo timers that continue to run your engine for a desired length of time without a key in the ignition, shutting it off for you. this lets you get out of your car and get on with your day without waiting around for your turbo.

could a similar system be adapted to shut down your automotive pc? how do people deal with this now?

i am interested in doing something similar now, and the shut down prodedure is my main concern.