Waterproofing a TFT/LCD TV

chet84

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My girlfriends dad recently bought a spa for the back garden... its all been installed and its amazing. We were talking about putting a TV in there. Obviously due to space limitations flat screen LCD/TFT is the best option. However there's a lot of steam in the spa... (its enclosed in a wooden shed). Would there be anyway of waterproofing the screen at all?

I had an idea which basically consisted of an acrylic casing for the screen with a couple of holes to let the heat out... but i don't think it would be that easy....

I had a look for a waterproof LCD/TFT and they are stupid prices... don't think I want to pay that much!

Any ideas? :confused:

Thanks for looking
Chet
 
Covering a monitor with anything is a bad idea, due to the requirement of dumping heat away from the unit. In a hot, humid environment such as a spa, you are asking for trouble!

**EDIT** Directly covering the front of the screen stops a lot of heat escaping from the front, which means the back gets even hotter than it normally would, adding to the problem.

The reason waterproof LCD's are expensive is twofold. 1) The extra manufacturing steps required to waterproof the unit and 2) Demand for such units is very low.

Is there a handy wall where the monitor can go? I'm thinking, sink the monitor into the wall and put a (safety) glass front on it, effectively sealing away the monitor from splashes. You would have to work out how to gain access to the monitor (from the other side of the wall) and you would need to vent it (again, other side of the wall would be best). Active cooling would be a good thing to go for as well. Just a standard 12cm fan exhausting hot air from whatever enclosure the monitor ends up in.
 
As a thought, you could POSSIBLY encase the entire thing in an air tight front seal, and put the wires thru a wall, along with some ventalation. I have no idea how you would accomplish this though, its not something I have ever thought of trying.
 
You could use a case, just make sure you vent with air from another room. Would the case fog up though? that would make it useless.

Or, is there any way you could use a projector?

Secondly, do you really need to waterproof it? is it just for splashing or are you worried about the humidity of the air?
 
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