[SML] how hot is 341 BTU/hr

[David Fox]

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Hi Andrew while I am unable to answer your 'How hot' question, because as you say BTU is a measurement of generated heat and not surface temperature. I think I can weigh in on your specific question.

Most devices of this type rely on cooling via a heat sink with fins or free air to vent heat. In my opinion and experience, best practice is to avoid laying directly things on top of them.

It's like when I am hot and cover myself with a blanket. I am not going to make the blanket hot enough to sustain damage, but I am not going to cool down. And when I get hot and can't cool down I get cranky and/or function poorly in unpredictable ways. Drivers aren't that much different.

At least that's my .02


>Specifically, can I lay my SJOW 3/12 extension cables, my DMX cables, and my IQ/Scroller power cables on the drivers >and not damage my cables, or make the drivers get too hot?



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