so all year i have had my FPP instances with my Capes running
over winter, temps were good
recently due to the heat, my garage got hotter and the temps inside the enclosures got very hot
temps of 60-80 degrees on average
for piece of mind, i added vents to the enclosures and cooling fans
i went a bit over board and used 150x100mm external wall vents , with 120mm fans from a pc
but the boards now sit at 30-40 max in the garage even when its close to 40 degrees outside
so, now i have the cooling fans built onto the enclosure and the fans inside the power supplies .
so, i can say, ventilation and cooling, definatly helps inside enclosures, the difference in temps is astounding
as i have a mixture of 5V seed pixels and 12V bullet pixels,
i used 120mm 12v PC case fans for the 12V enclosures
and i purchased dedicated 5V versions of the 120mm cooling fans for my 5V enclosures
but based on the results, i can say, especially for people in australia, ventialtion and cooling fans would be a new top priority when building a new enclosure
over winter, temps were good
recently due to the heat, my garage got hotter and the temps inside the enclosures got very hot
temps of 60-80 degrees on average
for piece of mind, i added vents to the enclosures and cooling fans
i went a bit over board and used 150x100mm external wall vents , with 120mm fans from a pc
but the boards now sit at 30-40 max in the garage even when its close to 40 degrees outside
so, now i have the cooling fans built onto the enclosure and the fans inside the power supplies .
so, i can say, ventilation and cooling, definatly helps inside enclosures, the difference in temps is astounding
as i have a mixture of 5V seed pixels and 12V bullet pixels,
i used 120mm 12v PC case fans for the 12V enclosures
and i purchased dedicated 5V versions of the 120mm cooling fans for my 5V enclosures
but based on the results, i can say, especially for people in australia, ventialtion and cooling fans would be a new top priority when building a new enclosure
