Comment by dfc
4 days ago
The transmission site for WWVB has hundreds of water bottles to insulate the equipment from temperature swings.
4 days ago
The transmission site for WWVB has hundreds of water bottles to insulate the equipment from temperature swings.
That page deserves its own submission. The juxtaposition in running four atomic clocks with a UPS consisting of "two car batteries, a power supply, a trickle charger (to keep the batteries continuously charged), and two car headlights (for discharging the batteries)" and a thermal mass consisting of water bottles is crazy
I do this same trick in an insulated utility shed, storing water beneath a desk to prevent overnight freezing within.
Works about as good as a heated rock in your sleeping bag.