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How does this hardware get protected throughout the coldest time of the year? Winter brings back images of last year with the thick snow fall in the United kingdom that brought many of the roads to a gridlock, so imagine what this will do to delicate systems.

An LCD enclosure is the ideal solution, as you will read it has a solution for all the issues you come across during winter.

Freezing weather.
When the temperature outside plummets below zero, you have to wonder why electronic marketing is so efficient, surely no one is watching the advertisements in this chilly weather? Nonetheless if the interior of the LCD enclosure hits zero, the screen and content player or small factor PC will be in danger of failing, to avoid this the better designed outdoor digital signage enclosures are fitted with thermostatic heaters, these actually work before it gets to zero, to stop the next challenge.

Condensation.
With the heat from the monitor and computer in cold weather, this can create condensation inside the housing, however a thermostatically controlled heater prevents this issue by heating the casing before moisture is created in the casing.

Insulation.
For extreme cold weather, thermally managed lagging is used, to preserve heat within the enclosure, whilst the cooling system removes heat build up, making sure the within of the enclosure is at the precise temperature.

Freezing locks.
What would happen if you send an installer to site only to find after driving for 3 hours he cannot open the box to access the hardware for necessary maintenance-Apart from wasting valuable time and money.

Some enclosure manufacturers supply their casings with weather shield’s, this keeps out dust and the weather, the worse likely event we have heard of is of vandals putting super glue into the locks of the enclosure! This is eliminated with weatherproof covers.

So in preparation for Winter, take note of some of the potential challenges you may come across and look for an enclosure that has all of the above to reduce you wasting time trying to resolve problems that could have been prevented.

Over the past 20 years the author has developed a range of outdoor digital signage protective enclosures and founded LCD Enclosure Global who are the leading manufacturer of LCD monitor enclosures, they also offer anti vandal LCD enclosures that provides all the protection and security needed for outdoor use.