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    • P Offline
      plumcraft
      last edited by

      Hello,

      I’ve tried the module mm-system-temperature to display the raspberry temperature , it works fine except the temperature is around 73-80 degrees celcius (163-176 fahrenheit) , my living room is around 25 degrees.

      Does anyone experiencing the same issue ?

      Thanks

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      • strawberry 3.141S Offline
        strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer
        last edited by

        My mirror is around 65°, but I’m using cpu intensive voice recognition

        Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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        • K Offline
          kckndrgn
          last edited by

          My system runs 144F when in a case and about 130F out of the case (well, with the top removed). It a Vilros case for the PI3.

          Is your Pi in a case or somewhere where there is no good air flow? Do you have a heat sink on the CPU?

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          • KirAsh4K Offline
            KirAsh4 Moderator
            last edited by

            That sounds about what my rpi was doing. Mine was closer to 65-70 °C. Then I bought this case and now it’s consistently sitting around 45-50 °C. Even with processor intensive tasks, it rarely hits 60°C.

            A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from?

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            • D Offline
              dmcinnes Module Developer @KirAsh4
              last edited by

              @KirAsh4 How quiet is that fan?

              I’m also having heat problems with a Raspberry Pi 3, gets up to 80C then starts to give the rainbow square in the corner.
              I’ve just tried underclocking and it’s not making any difference:

              arm_freq=900
              arm_freq_min=60
              

              My load average is hovering at 0.8 with four cores!
              I think I need some more ventilation. When I remove the mirror from the wall it cools down considerably.

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              • KirAsh4K Offline
                KirAsh4 Moderator
                last edited by KirAsh4

                My fan is quiet, but remember that these are cheap fans. You may get a very noisy one. Fans are cheap, you can buy a bunch of them and figure out which is the quietest. Or you can find some really quiet ones through an electronics vendor such as DigiKey or Mouser, and pay a higher price for them. I replaced two 30mm square, very noisy fans on my 3D printer, $7 each at the time. Now they’re a little over $9. Good fans are expensive.

                FYI, both my rpis are running at 1GHz.

                A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from?

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                • P Offline
                  plumcraft
                  last edited by

                  Thanks for your replies, i’m going to buy a new box for my Pi 3 with a quality fan

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                  • D Offline
                    dmcinnes Module Developer @KirAsh4
                    last edited by

                    Thanks @KirAsh4 ! I bought a case to try out as well.

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                    • MichMichM Offline
                      MichMich Admin
                      last edited by

                      Mine is around 65C as well. Stable, for the past few months.

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                      • MichMichM Offline
                        MichMich Admin
                        last edited by

                        Good to know: mine isn’t actively cooled. It’s not inside a box, but it is inside the Mirror’s casing.

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