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[strawberry 3.141]

@cornusandu if you just turn off the electricity is not that good for the hardware in terms durability, but if you create a shut down routine e.g. 5min before, than it should be fine.

[cornusandu]

@Mykle1 He is running at a stable 65 Celsius

[cornusandu]

I mounted back the fan. Now is down to 38.5 Celsius

[Mykle1]

@cornusandu said in work in progress:

I mounted back the fan. Now is down to 38.5 Celsius

I rest my case. :-)

Excellent!

[enettekoven]

@cornusandu Pretty slick looking MagicMirror! What monitor did you use?

[cornusandu]

@enettekoven It is a very old 19 inch 3d monitor, My wife decided that she want a curved monitor and this one was just sitting in the garage

[noelandrews]

Very cool! How have you done the full length mirror? Is that film over glass?

[doubleT]

@cornusandu said in work in progress:

the raspberry will be running continuous until it will die i guess.

@cornusandu said in work in progress:

Any advice on raspberry power? Should I cut electricity 12 hours a night with a smart plug? Or run it 24/7? Which is better for longer life?

As everyone else said, leave it running, don’t cut the power without shutting the RasPi down safely first. Two advices I would give you:

1. When everything is set up and running, and everytime you add a new feature/module, make an image of your sd card as backup!
2. Think about a UPS, Uninterruptible Power Supply. There are some add ons that combine a batterie that provides power for a few minutes and a circuit that will detect the power outage and initiate a safe shutdown. And when the power goes back on, it will go back to normal.

I learned both the hard way, but I’m still not done finding/setting up a good UPS solution.

[cornusandu]

@noelandrews it is polycarbonate two way mirror. A but expensive but it looks really good. Size 120 cm. 60 cm.

[cornusandu]

@doubleT thank you. UPS, I will have to shop around for something small and strong enough