On 1/5/2012 11:07 AM, Dave wrote: > On 1/5/2012 8:45 AM, andy pugh wrote: >> On 5 January 2012 13:41, Edward Bernard<yankeelena2...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> How do you deal with cooling issues having all that gear in one enclosure? >>> >> I don't know yet. >> The actual servo drives will be external (and near the motors) though, >> so the only heat in there should be from the low-power motherboard. >> >> > If the surrounding environment is not too hostile, the easiest way is to > blow air through the box - like a PC. The MW525 does not require a fan > so if you create a breeze across > the heat sink it should be cooled sufficiently in even a hot > environment. If everything is in a sealed box the only alternative is > to blow air across the components inside the box and make sure the box > is large enough to become warm yet dissipate the heat > into the cooler surrounding air. A MW525 system throws off about 20 > watts of heat. > > I recently bought some of these to help keep dust and dirt out of a PC > enclosure in dirty environment. Along with a good 120 mm fan, > something like this would be useful in some industrial environments to > ventilate a cabinet with filtered air. > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5554585&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03ORDER-_-Deals > > The Intel bios has a display that will show you the CPU core temperature > so you can get an idea of how efficiently your enclosure is keeping your > PC boards cool. > > Dave > Gentle persons:
Watercooling is the cats meow in high-end gaming systems. My local Microcenter has a whole aisle devoted to aftermarket add-ons like pumps, heat exchangers, tubing in disco colors, etc., (with or without the attendant lowrider lighting!). Apart from our natural conservatism, is there any reason y'all with big systems aren't watercooling within a sealed box, piping the heat to an external radiator? Regards, Kent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
