EricHiggin said:
Could be 2X (120mm?) axial fans on the base and top. Enough for reasonable cooling and temps, but positioned horizontally inside to blow air down instead of up. |
From a PC perspective it would make sense to have a fan on the bottom pushing air and a fan on top pulling air, aka. "Push-Pull" fan configuration.
That would then make it like a wind tunnel... And is generally the preferred way you set up say... A PC heatsink fan configuration.
| EricHiggin said: Hot air only rises naturally because cooler air is naturally higher up, when it's calm. If you create a vacuum/pressure, pushing cooler air through, the heat will go wherever the cool air passing by does. If they point the fans down, the cool air will come in from the top and hot air will go out the bottom. By the time that exhausted air reaches the top again, it would likely be room temp, so no big deal. This way, even if the floor is dirty around the console, it will clean it for you by blowing it away instead of sucking it up. |
Hot air generally rises because of thermal expansion.
I.E. When you warm a gas (I.E. The air) that gas then expands and becomes lighter overall. - That then rises up and cooler denser air sinks down.
| twintail said: Any update or thoughts on how this won't easily get dust into it? |
Should be fine... I would assume they would employ some PC technology to mitigate the dust issue. - I.E. On startup the fans spin in the opposite direction for a few seconds to exhaust dust.
Otherwise some compressed air should do the trick or whack a dust filter on the consoles air intake.
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