Testing

Above is a IR image of the car that the cases were tested in

Testing Prototype

I conducted several tests comparing the rate of heat transfer between the new instrument case and a standard commercially available case. I used thermocouples measuring the interior of the new case and the standard case, and also the interior of the car and the outside environment.

For the first test I put the two cases in the car and let them sit while the car was on with air conditioning running, I recorded this environment for 5 mins and then turned the car off. I then recorded the two cases for 4 hours and then stopped the data.

For the second test I put the two cases in the car after being inside a temperature controlled house and recorded their internal temperatures for 4 hours.

For the last test I put the two cases in a air conditioned car for 5 mins and then turned the car off and recorded for 4 hours. I applied a seal on the standard case so that both cases would have a protective seal to observe the effects of heat transfer.