On Thursday, January 05, 2012 01:45:41 PM gene heskett did opine: > On Thursday, January 05, 2012 12:27:01 PM Dave did opine: > > 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?E > > dp > > No=5554585&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03 > > ORD ER-_-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 > > So can a teeny little screen corner utility called gkrellm, in real time > while emc is running. Rebooting to get into the bios to see hot hot > things are isn't of much utility IMO. With everything I have in this > box, I have it set to display in a strip about 3.4" wide and 9" high,
Gah, dammit, s/b 3/4" not 3.4". Ancient fingers do always type what I tell them to. > parked against the right edge of this wide screen monitor. The heat > sink needs cleaned so my phenom is currently running at 60C. > > Cheers, Gene Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
