I¡¯m a former hardware reverse engineer married to a computer engineer. Unless you are seeing glitches or problems, those temperatures are totally fine for the pi zero. It may not be comfortable to touch but you aren¡¯t damaging anything.?
It also doesn¡¯t usually start to use CPU throttling to control the temperature until it hits 65 ¡ãC, so you shouldn¡¯t have any issues.?
I know that seems uncomfortably warm. And I wouldn¡¯t want it in my pocket. But it¡¯s not doing any harm.
If anything, systems that don¡¯t get warm under load are over-specced for the load.?
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On Feb 3, 2025, at 07:28, Mike Kilsby via groups.io <bundyave8rr@...> wrote:
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Hi Ed, thanks for that info. I agree that some ventilation in the Alloy (supplied) case is a must when being operated in ambient temps of 30C or more.
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There maybe a need to run up a 3D printed case with ventilation and small fan for those using this Node in warmer climates?
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I ran my Node yesterday with almost cont Tx.
Node was sitting in the open. ? (No case).
Ambient temp 30C.
Node temp maintained a constant 56C.
I will run the Node again today with Node in its case and report.
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73 Mike
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