The power supplies are all upside down. This will affect their cooling capacity as they aren’t designed to be installed that way. Also Ignoring the ocd factor most of us have.
Pixlite config in xLights
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TANSA
Sparky with Blinky Lights ;-)
There is no up or down with PSU’s
if they have fans for air circulation or it’s own convection with enough surface to transfer the heat. (Or water on some of them)
Been doing this for many years in many different situations, all you need is air flow and surface area to transfer the heat.
They don’t come with a this way up sticker, or do they????
I have had one stop working in a gate control board with PLC and VFD and lots of relays in 40degC hot sun beating down on it, but changed it to one that had the correct temp rating and it is still going 2-3 years on.
The only OCD is our own.
We all have our own way of doing things, that is why life is so interesting, there is many ways of doing the same thing
if they have fans for air circulation or it’s own convection with enough surface to transfer the heat. (Or water on some of them)
Been doing this for many years in many different situations, all you need is air flow and surface area to transfer the heat.
They don’t come with a this way up sticker, or do they????
I have had one stop working in a gate control board with PLC and VFD and lots of relays in 40degC hot sun beating down on it, but changed it to one that had the correct temp rating and it is still going 2-3 years on.
The only OCD is our own.
We all have our own way of doing things, that is why life is so interesting, there is many ways of doing the same thing
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Emma- Light Em Up Sequences
Did you get your pixlites working properly?
spazmanaught
Apprentice elf
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Yes with an older version of xLights but looking at the .24 fix it should be OK. Once I try it I'll post an update.
spazmanaught
Apprentice elf
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The expanded mode is now active in xLights showing the 32 ports if used.
Has anyone done an update video or tutorial on the new layout and setting up the controllers in xLights with the changes now?
TerryK
Retired Elf
This is a bit dated but I wanted to comment. Depending upon a manufacturer's particular model, some power supplies do have a 'kind of' up/down mounting. Most manufacturers, not all, will have the best mounting either mentioned in the operating documentation or in a separate installation instructions document. Again for most, not all, if a power supply has a fan, the fan air flow direction if not sideways is typically up so that natural convection airflow helps the fan. Convection clearance distances are also usually mentioned by the manufacturer somewhere for sides, top, and/or bottom depending upon how the manufacturer intends the supply to be mounted.
As quite a few on ACL use Mean Well's LRS Series, here is a link to the Installation Manual. Note the Section Installation, Part 3.