On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:31:36 +0000, A. Dumas wrote:

> Bernd wrote:
>> if I search for cases for my RasPi 3 B+, I found the most cases has
>> additional heat spreader and fan. It is fact that a RasPi 3 B+ needs
>> additional cooling? (Fans are noisy ...)
>
> Cheap passive cooling (and an open/half open case) is good enough for
> 99%
> of use cases. E.g. this for £1
> https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/heatsink?variant=16851450375

Or, for a case with a ventilation hole on top, disable the fan and fit a
cardboard tube of at least the diameter of the vent hole to use the
chimney effect for cooling. Not sure what size the tube would need to be
- 50cm @ 50mm diam - but its something you can try at zero cost and with
almost no preparation.


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