JoeMuc2009 wrote: > Well, heatsinks will drop the temperature a bit, but capacitors still > shouldn't be too close. Alternatively, one could put a fan in there and > power it by the +5V output but this is nothing any enthusiast would > consider due to noise (potentially including side-effects on the analog > outputs). So I personally would still prefer to put the capacitors off > the board in a safe spot. The transistors are becoming hot, granted, but > they are not overloaded, and not becoming desoldered by the > self-generated heat. At least that's nothing I have ever seen on any of > the power supplies in my repairs. > Oh, and tight space on the PSU board might also prevent the use of > heatsinks...
Personally I prefer to just overrate this sort of supply by a factor of 2, I do that for low voltage lighting LED drivers. Everything runs a lot cooler then. Shame there isn't an off the shelf drop in replacement rate at 4 amps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Owen Smith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42371 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100509 _______________________________________________ diy mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/diy
