F5m kit

[audiosteve]

I'm planning to mount the power supply PCB above the transformer like this:
It will fit nicely in a 3U chassis. Are there any drawbacks to doing it this way?

That looks great. I also have a 3U and will try the same thing,

 

[JeyDee]

The downside with that arrangement, capacitors above the transformer, as i see it, is that the transformer will create heat. And heat rises.

And the added heat is really not the ultimate treatment in the really long run, for capacitors.

…That is If we really are getting into the weeds, and really splitting every single hair on the Carmels back. 🙂

 

[e_fortier]

Yep, especially that there’s a PCB between the transformer and the capacitors.

 

[Zen Mod]

give it air and don't worry

if it's hot inside, it's hot more or less same everywhere

so, do not fret about positioning chasing deg or two less for caps, make all of it 10deg down

enough air slits on bottom and top, Babysitter in Summer, Et Voila!

 

[e_fortier]

That looks great. I also have a 3U and will try the same thing,

What would the bias be to work in a 3U ?

 

[audiosteve]

Nirmal bias, I think is OK. Papa addresses that issue in the original article, You can find it in the first post of this thread.