Heat dissipation inside dash or other enclosed spaces?

**Arathranar** · 02-01-2005, 03:13 AM

Looking for people who have experience in doing this to give me some helpful tips.

The regulator circuit I'm building will need to dissipate about 25W (~2.5V drop by 10A). I want to place it inside the center console or inside my dash out of the way. Is that feasible given there will be little spare space if I do so. Will 25W be able to dissipate safely? Will it require a fan?

Thanks.

**ThEScReW** · 02-01-2005, 05:32 AM

Yes it needs to be cooled ! I have a palomino 2000+ in my dash installed with a 20 gb western digital and after 30 minutes the temp without cooler is 40° in the case and the cpu 58 °. And outside it was around 0° so what would that be in summer times

. I cooled now and it gets better...