opus heat issues

**jjjewett** · 04-19-2005, 10:39 PM

hi. i have searched and cannot find anything.

i have a opus sfx 150 and i can fit it into my dash but it will be touching the main wiring harness for the cabin. will the opus get hot? how hot? i will be powering a xenarc 700ts, epia m10000, a 3.5" hdd, a gps, and possibly a optical disk drive. Does it need to be well ventilated? I think that im just going to buy a atx extension cable and mount the opus near my fusebox, much more room. I just want to know.

thanks,
john

**Peoples** · 04-19-2005, 11:25 PM

i've heard of it getting pretty damn hot, god_of_cpu's opus got so hot one of the wires melted.....so yes it should be well ventilated...like any psu

**TruckinMP3** · 04-19-2005, 11:49 PM

Vent and fan would be a good idea.

**Cris** · 04-20-2005, 09:06 AM

I have a fan next to mine, but I can't say it was hot at any time though. Maybe a bit warm, but not hot. Anyway, it would be a very good ideea so that the cables don't touch among themselves, I'm sure you can find a way to avoid this.