Summer Temperatures

A major concern of ours is internal dome temperatures. Right now we have a small ventilation system, but no cooling or heating system. Extreme temperatures will pose a problem because most UPS (uninterrupted power supplies) and computer systems are not designed to handle freezing or extreme heat.

On the left is a plot of our recorded temperature over a few months. The dome doesn't seem to be trapping heat or cooking our components yet. The dome currently houses an experimental computer with no special cooling and most of our required equipment (UPS, weather station, etc). So far the only casualty has been a remotely controlled power strip, but this is probably a defect and not a result of heat.