I tried putting my thunderbolt in a styrofoam box. It got hotter than I liked and didn't seem to perform any better than when I left it in a cardboard box.
I worry about the long term implications for component life as the temperature goes up. Sent from my iPod On 2012-07-11, at 5:15 PM, Chris Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I would like to put my Thunderbolt into a chassis with power supply >> and would like to have the most favorable thermal environment since >> the unit is somewhat temperature dependent. > >> I was thinking of mounting the unit in insulating material, but am >> worried it will get too hot to the point the temp control loop won't >> work properly. Has anyone experimented with this and found the best >> solution? I would like to remove the strong dependence on room >> temperature that I have currently. > > >> Peter > > Does anyone know if there's a means to log max and min temps for these > things? I was going to make a crude box for mine out of 2 inch cavity wall > insulation hard foam, with an air space between the box internal walls > and the TB, but like the other poster, I am unsure if it would cause too > high a temp without an additional fan and ventilation slots? Do most > users do what i do and leave them on 24 hours a day, seven days a > week? > > > -- > Best Regards, > Chris Wilson. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
