Noise, Heat and Power
Noise, Heat and Power
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I am mounting in a sealed cabinet, a scanner that draws about 600W. I have been assuming that all of this is given off as heat. When the thing runs, it makes a great deal of audible noise. The device feels only slightly warm to the touch. We are guessing that much of the power is being converted to noise. Can I subtract this from the heat load, or does all this stuff become heat?
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JHG





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600W of noise, is this 120db like a jack hammer?
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how do you know what it draws?
what sort of scanner makes a noise that loud??
Anyway power to sound is quite low for items as opposed to sound systems, but even 50W would be very loud
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I don't have a gut feel for decibels. If we are standing next to it, we cannot talk in normal conversational tones. At steady state, it draws 3A at 120VAC. It is a prism scanner that runs at fairly high speed.
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JHG
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TTFN (ta ta for now)
I can do absolutely anything. I'm an expert! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg
FAQ731-376: Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies forum1529: Translation Assistance for Engineers
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Consider that 100W is on the powerful end of home stereo equipment, and respectable adults rarely turn the volume past 4 or 5.
Noise is mechanical vibration moving air molecules around. It all becomes heat eventually.
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Steve
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Remember - More details = better answers
Also: If you get a response it's polite to respond to it.
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350W isn't bad. As long as the unit is tightly bonded the cabinet you can use it as the heat dissipation device.
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P.E. Metallurgy, Plymouth Tube
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I would guess that there is no resonance, yet. The mirror pumps air in pulses, which is just about the dictionary definition of sound. It will be installed in a sealed, sheet metal box. There will not be a good thermal contact between the scanner and the box. Heat will be dumped into the internal air, through internal heat exchangers, through the wall of the box and through external heat exchangers. Any energy that escapes the box as sound will not have to be dumped as heat, at least until someone takes a sledge hammer to everything.
There may be enough happening around the system that no one will notice the racket, but I don't want to count on it.
If we put sound dampening inside the box, it appears we will keep heat inside too.
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JHG
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