Looking to add some cooling to my TV cabinet.....

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StevieP

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I've got one of the following TV cabinets and with a Sky box, Intel NUC, PS4, Sky router, ethernet switch and a Synology NAS all humming away inside, I've noticed that it's starting to get a little warm in there! (the fan in the PS4 for example seems to kick in after no more than 10-15 minutes use!)

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What would be the best way of cooling a unit such as this? I've done a bit of Googling and it would appear that I'm probably best off installing a fan to either side?? (the back is pretty open(ish) but it backs onto the corner of the room and also directly on to a big ruck of wall sockets etc!)

Can someone give me some pointers as to the best way to get this done, specifically with the types of fans, controller and power supply??

Thanks...
 
can't offer any advice on your question i'm afraid , but have you tried posting in the home cinema/hi-fi forum, might have people that have done similar.
 
As you've pretty much said you are looking to get some airflow going.
Options to look at:
Pull unit out a bit further from corner.
Take glass doors off.
look at making some holes in the bottom to let cool air in.
Holes/vent in the top behind where the tv sits

Then your looking at running some fans.
As you said in one side out the other.
Fans to draw air out of the back, with vents in the bottom?

Could you user a couple of usb powered fans from your NUC?
Or a couple of mains powered fans but you want to pick something with a reasonably slow speed to keep the noise down, unless you get a transformer and use 12 computer fans.
 
I think getting some air flow in there is your only option mate. I had a similar cabinet a few years back with a HTPC, sky box, receiver and blue ray player, I ended up getting 3 120mm fans and attaching them to the rear of the hard board bringing air in, then with a 20mm drill bit, I measured 30mm from the top of the back panel, and then marked equal 20mm holes all above that line, and drilled holes. In a perfect world I would have had the fans on each side close to the front, but the Oh wasn't having any of it. But the way I done it worked a treat. I powered the fans through a splitter from the motherboard header.
 
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