Monday, September 6, 2021

UPDATE 1: Keep the GRHub Radio's and Raspberry Pi's cool

 The fan controller found a "home". (project box)  Now this enclosure is more than 20 years old.  I dug it out of the junk box.  It once housed a transistor tester which I constructed.  The enclosure is build out of double sided PCB.  Those were the days when copper clad PCB was still cheap.  Today it will be an expensive venture to build a PCB enclosure.  A little sanding and a cote of spray paint and it is as good as new.  Herewith a few images of the fan controller installed.  The only thing that needs to be done is to attach the thermistor to the radio heat-sink and then I can activate the 145.550 RF link.




Thermistor installed on Motorola Link Radio

Top view of the thermistor installed on Motorola Link Radio

Finally:  You can ask me many things but do not ask me to install a project in a project box/enclosure.  I hate it!!  It is a time consuming venture even if you find the correct size enclosure.   Maybe it is time that I should invest in a 3D printer to print my own project boxes.  Who knows Christmas might come early this year.

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