Leaving the PSU in the enclosure for the winter?
So where I have my printer is pretty cold, acording to a thermometer I have in the room the last week it was max 20.5°C and got down to 16°C, and it will only get colder as it gets into December. I was thinking maybe leaving my PSU in the enclosure to keep it warm and then checking on warm days to see how warm it gets in the enclosure during a print. before the spring I'll move it to the outside of the enclosure.
What temperature is bad for the PSU?
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Looks like it gets up to 26.1°C in the enclosure after a 3 hours print of PLA where it is 18.1°C in the room. That is actually a little bit cooler than what it is in the summer months.
RE: Leaving the PSU in the enclosure for the winter?
Eh, I think I'm going to take it out, I hoped the quick release would get to me before but I guess it is better for the PSU to take it out now. In the summer it will get up to the same temp, I even thew a blanket over the enclosure to see if that would dampen the noise and it still didn't get higher in the enclosure than it does in the summer in this room. Maybe I'll put a small fan blowing on the PSU in the summer to keep it cooler. How much does a PSU even cost? Is it a fire hazard if it gets too hot or just the life of it that is a concern?