{"id":848,"date":"2022-09-16T23:34:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T21:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/?p=848"},"modified":"2024-01-08T11:10:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T09:10:33","slug":"passive-cooling-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cln.io\/blog\/passive-cooling-a-raspberry-pi\/","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi 3\/4 and Raspberry Pi 5 – passive cooling with an Aluminium Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve used no cases, fan cooled cases for my raspberries, but they run hot, and fans break down.
Most recently I had a fan of a PI break 2000Km away from me, so that was annoying.
I’ve now started putting “full case heatsinks” passively cooling on my Pi’s and it’s a great success.
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cases like these with fans break down over time (the fans are poor quality)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So it was time for passive cooling (Yay!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve purchased 5 cases for my Pi’s named “Geekworm Raspberry Pi 4 Aluminium Case<\/a>” [affiliate link] (non aff link<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m sure it’s some generic case, but the working is pretty simple: dissipate heat over a large surface<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left of the drop is the “nude” raspberry pi, no fans, just a small heatsink, to the right is the above “full case” heatsink (monitored by a command line sensor)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo by Oxana Lyashenko<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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