Hi There is another unit with the same name (also an LPRO) that is 1.25 high rather than 1.5. That unit is a bit better for a 1U rack.
Bob On Mar 1, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Paul Boven wrote: > Hi everyone, > > First of all, thank you all very much for the many reactions to my query. I'd > like to clarify a few things (my original posting was a bit too terse, I > guess). > > The LPRO-101 is 1.5" high, 3.7" deep and 5.0" wide. Its height makes it ideal > to fit inside a 1U rack unit while laying on its baseplate, and the manual > states it was designed to fit in 1U or 3U VME units. And I happen to have a > 1U 19" rack enclosure that fits it very nicely, snug between the top and > bottom cover. "LPRO" stands for 'Low Profile Rubidium Oscillator". > > But from many of your reactions, it seems that this proposed setup would lead > to problems getting rid of the heat generated by the LPRO, and the > enclosure's baseplate would not be sufficient for cooling. I particularly > liked the heat-pipe solution that was suggested, but there would be not > enough height in the 1U enclosure for such a system. There seem to exist > heatpipes of only 500um thickness these days, but I have no idea where one > could find one of those. > > Scott Mace replied that he has a 1U high Datum Rubidium unit, probably > something like their Datum-8040 product, and it works fine for him. > > As I already have the LPRO, rack-unit and PSU, I will attempt to get this > combination to work, but will clearly have to put much more effort into > (passively) cooling things than anticipated. Thanks again for the input, and > I'll let you know how things turn out in a few weeks. > > Regards, Paul Boven - 73 de PEaNUT > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
