Comments on: Tips for Keeping Your Electronics Cool in Summer

By: dustin

dustin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:23:58 +0000

What about tight spaces in guitar amps. I got an old Peavey Envoy 110 Transtube Amp, which means transitors and it gets way!!!! to Hot! and Im wondering about ways to cool it down. Maybe Heat Shielding. Plastics? Cardbourd Maybe? or Even Tinfoil. If None of these sound good to anybody would the next best thing to do is maybe drill some hols for ventillation? Please email me asap Thanks
Dustin A

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By: Of Zen and Computing

Of Zen and Computing — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:25:49 +0000

Greg: great tip about the comforter. I’m always careful when using a laptop in bed.

By: madderhatter

madderhatter — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:05:49 +0000

In our home office I have a three tier shelf with the modem, router, and WAP sitting side by side on the top shelf and it’s placed directly under the A/C vent in the room so they get lots of cold air blowing on them.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:49:30 +0000

A quick follow-up. A friend of mine left a Viao unattended to on a light cotton comforter whilst downloading via wifi w/o A/C in a hot summer in the Alaskan Interior two summers ago. End of the Viao. Lucky it wasn’t the end of his apartment.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:39:35 +0000

Laptop users: park that machine away from peripherals and elevate it on a cooling stand when you’re using it at home. You don’t have to spend big bucks on the latter: I found a kitchenware shelf which, when turned upside down, matches the pleasing aesthetics of my Mac. Just be sure the surface under the laptop has ventilation to keep the CPU and battery etc. cool.

Keep a clean, airy physical desktop, with all your stuff organized at least a few inches apart. You can reduce your CPU temp by at least 10 degrees, and even in the winter months, you’ll enjoy the spaciousness. Save the clutter for the virtual desktop(s)

By: mike

mike — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:50:56 +0000

thats really creepy that you know EXACTLY how my electronics are stacked, but you forgot to mention that all of that is on top of my receiver, and there is no airflow gap between those and the stand my tv is on…..do you think thats a problem??

By: mute

mute — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:34:31 +0000

Very good article. I tend to do all of these things, but didn’t ever think about the modem and router topic. I have two routers stacked on top of my modem, and as soon as I get done with this response I’m unstacking them. Thanks for the tips!

-Lee