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@Mykle1 said in How hot does your mirror run?:

@Advokaten said in How hot does your mirror run?:

would any heatsink do on a rpi? I saw one guy who brought the extreme and planted one that was bigger than the Pi itself, lol. He got it down to about 20 Celsius.

I don’t see why not. If it cools the Pi and it doesn’t harm it in any way then it’s good, I guess. Do you have a picture of that extreme heatsink you mentioned? I’m curious to see it.

I saw this one not too long ago!

@morozgrafix Is this even a possibility? I was looking at the Slack documentation and API info, and I am not sure if it is even possible right now? I would love to hear your thoughts.

@Mykle1 said in How hot does your mirror run?:

@hartattack

I wanted to add a fan from the very beginning although all searches say that the Pi can run without problems up to 80°C or more. That “seemed” hot to me. My Pi was running at 60°C, which is well under the maximum that I discovered. So, I took it upon myself to add a 12v fan (I have spare parts lying around) and connected it to a 5V pin and a GRD pin on the GPIO header. I’ve been running the mirror more than a month without a hitch and my CPU temp is nearly 20°C cooler. Fans are cheap. If you can salvage one, even better. The result is pretty dramatic. Have a look.

I started with a fan and 3 heatsinks from the beginning. Mine runs around 45C and gets close to 50C when doing anything intensive.

@cowboysdude I would be happy with that! Still going up on the mirror as soon as I get home!

@strawberry-3.141 said in Slack integration:

@hartattack I think @morozgrafix is pretty familiar with slack isn’t he :D

After looking at his profile maybe he will have some ideas!

Anyone else use the messaging app Slack? We use it for work and there is one channel in particular that I need to see all the time. It would be awesome to see messages from that channel appear on the Magic Mirror. I have no idea where to even start with this one.

@wered From what I read, the Pi’s can handle temps up like 80c. Mine is behind my TV and it is pretty modern, so it doesnt get very hot. The fan helps a bit.

Nice module! Will be installing this today for sure! Is there a way to pick which teams you want to see? If not, no biggy

@Advokaten My Pi is in a pretty closed off area, I have 3 small aluminum heatsinks attached plus a small fan. The pi itself never gets above 50c