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Old 07-13-2012, 09:38 PM
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Are the driver housings plastic ? If so, an old school CPU heatsink and fan are out of the question
How do you feel about mounting them away from moisture and cutting holes in them ?
Then you could use little DC fans - they come as small as 25mm[/quote]

That's a pretty good idea. Trying to find out how hot these drivers need to get before I have to worry about them. I am sure they will stay nice and cool with your hole and fans idea.


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Old 07-13-2012, 10:58 PM
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The Data Sheet for the LPF drivers says the working temp is 40-70°C and at 90°C it shuts down and won't power up until restart. Sounds like it has thermal protection, not bad at all, but I'd hate to test it :P. Generally, the cooler you can keep electronics the longer they last, fans will help the whole system and are pretty cheap, I've got a couple 140mm fans that are expensive at $20 and are near silent.
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