[time-nuts] Thunderbolt mounting

Mark Spencer mspencer12345 at yahoo.ca
Thu Jul 12 01:55:32 UTC 2012


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.




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On 2012-07-11, at 5:15 PM, Chris Wilson <chris at chriswilson.tv> 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.
> 
> 
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