Sirius XTR1 gets VERY hot - normal ??
I use a Sirius XTR1 receiver in the XACT boombox and car adapter. The
XTR1 (shown here http://tinyurl.com/87cvu ) gets very hot to the touch. Is this heat dissipation normal? It has a lot of vent holes so it appears it's designed that way. Does your Sirius XTR1 radio get very warm ? If so, any idea why ? Does the LNA or other circuits cause that ? Thanks, Greg |
I use a Sirius XTR1 receiver in the XACT boombox and car adapter. The
XTR1 (shown here http://tinyurl.com/87cvu ) gets very hot to the touch. Is this heat dissipation normal? It has a lot of vent holes so it appears it's designed that way. My Kenwood Here 2 Anywhere also is hot to the touch. |
I wonder what causes this heat in satellite radio units. I make
semiconductors (chips) for a living, and none of our chips run that hot. Perhaps it's the power supply, but why would they design it that way? Anyone have a XTR1 or other radio that gets pretty hot to the touch? |
wrote in message ... |I wonder what causes this heat in satellite radio units. I make | semiconductors (chips) for a living, and none of our chips run that | hot. Perhaps it's the power supply, but why would they design it that | way? | Anyone have a XTR1 or other radio that gets pretty hot to the touch? I'm not sure what the model is, but a friend of mine has the Kenwood Plug-n-Play, and it gets disturbingly warm. I think this is one of the reasons why satellite radio isn't wholly portable yet, because the chips used consume a lot of power (and release a lot of it as heat). Next generation chipsets should be a lot better. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." -- Justice Brandeis ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- For direct replies, take out the contents between the hyphens. -Really!- |
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