I see the options as being switch off the sun or bring/arrange suitable weather provision for any electronic gear, not just the prime eg: umbrella or gazebo to protect against rain, electric fans in excessively hot weather, beach umbrella or portable shades for direct sunlight.
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E of the Primes touch screen functions are replicated by hardware controls eg: track loading /back / waveform zoom in out
My iPhone doesn’t like the sun (heat) either. I wouldn’t expect my SC5000 to like it either. If you DJ outdoors, buy a cheap canopy tent to protect your gear and setup under it to be in the shade.
Do you have a YouTube or instructional link to do this? Been looking online, but can’t find anything except pics on Pinterest. Found one site that is made for DJs consoles, but retails for $275!
Nice. Thanks for the drawing as reference! You mentioned black spray paint. Is that sprayed on the exterior surface of the plexi or underside interior (not sure it matters cause I’ve not done this yet)?
Just thinking basic physics here, a reflective internal surface would be best to reflect the radiant heat from the sun, but you’d need a matt outer surface, so as not to blind the dance floor (I’d say black but that would then attract heat to the surface below and create a stupidly hot plastic structure, perhaps white?). Naturally many other combinations would work, but this would be best from a heat prevention method (same as a vacuum flask principle).
You might need some vents though as this would keep heat within the structure too, purely from atmospheric heat due to the design (funnel).
It’s a good while since I studied physics though, so happy to be corrected on this!!!
You can easely downsize such a thing and then spraypaint it.
I used that kind of plastic as it was the cheapest, and only should last for the 13 hour truck ride.
Just reading all the comments and good ideas. If you really wanted to, you could make two cut outs of everything and connect them to each other with spacers (1/2") so that the whole thing is double layered; then you can go white on the outside layer and black on the inside layer and possibly even your DJ logo on the outside layer facing the crowd. Hope what I am imagining makes sense.
The reflective paint I was referring to was not Chrome or Gold spray paint. We used Thermatek Heat Reflective paint. Its the same thing we use on the silos on our family’s farms.
