<div id="RTEContent">I use a 10" x 6" x 4" extruded aluminum box... with<br> a +/-15V 0.8A supply bolted to one end panel. Its Aluminum...<br> so the heat transfer will be better. If you maximuze the contact<br> area and maybe add heatsink compound (I did NOT)... It<br> would probably work OK ...<br> <br> ... unless ambient temps are very high (Stage ? Outdoor summer ??)<br> or you leave it on for many hours.<br> <br> Check the electrolytic capacitor temperature rating (and life extimates)<br> <br> If its (say) 2000 Hrs ar 85C, you can double that every 10C less. Its a long<br> time, I'll bet :^P<br> <br> H^) harry<br><br><b><i>Julian <julian@22host24.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <meta content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <meta content="MSHTML 5.00.3700.6699" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <div><font face!
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size="2">Im considering an enclosure for my power-one (hbb 1.5A, i think) power supply.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Ive got one of those ex military amo cans here, which would fit nicely. Im thinking i could punch some XLRs into the top, and an IEC into the side, and itlld make a nice setup for my modular (which is housed in skb popup cases, so no safe psu mounting point)</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thatlld all work out nicely, but, im pretty concerned about heat buildup. The can is all metal, so i could *try* and mate as much of the power-one's body to the can as i can, thereby using the can as a heatsink, but its not exactly flat and smooth inside.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I really dont want to add *another* fan to my enviroment. I could just drill sets of holes about the can, i guess, but theyd have to be less then finger
size...</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Maybee i should just try it out, and see what happens, but am i wasting my time trying?</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Cheers, Julian</font></div></blockquote><br></div>