Y don't modems have fans?

[Ryanwake]

If they're designed to run with a standard air flow, just not the airflow behind your television or inside your TV stand.

 

Why not include a fan that only activates when it gets like 90°, that way it only turns on when you can't hear it.

 

And it tells you when it's super hot, and maybe a fan light, so you can consider moving it.

 

I mean these modem router combos will last more than a decade it taken care of.

 

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[berberries]

well, adding a fan and all adds cost to the product, and manufacturers for such products want to keep costs down (especially the isp provided ones)

[Senzelian]

Because a well-designed modem/router for home networks doesn't need a fan.

There is simply not enough heat build-up to justify a fan that could potentially break.

 

That said, I don't understand why a lot of these devices don't come with larger heatsinks.

[flibberdipper]

41 minutes ago, Senzelian said:

Because a well-designed modem/router for home networks doesn't need a fan.

There is simply not enough heat build-up to justify a fan that could potentially break.

 

That said, I don't understand why a lot of these devices don't come with larger heatsinks.

100% this. My R7000 lives in a cabinet in my desk with virtually no air flow and it's completely fine with it because a monkey didn't design it.

[Ryanwake]

2 hours ago, berwynhan said:

well, adding a fan and all adds cost to the product, and manufacturers for such products want to keep costs down (especially the isp provided ones)

I assumed it would never be on a $20 model, and I would pay more if it actually worked for 10 years.

[Ryanwake]

1 hour ago, flibberdipper said:

100% this. My R7000 lives in a cabinet in my desk with virtually no air flow and it's completely fine with it because a monkey didn't design it.

Well yeah if it's for proper hear sink then u guess it doesn't matter, maybe a too hot light would still be worth it.

[mastertyler04]

Also many modems don't create too much heat. compared to routers and switches modems are relatively dumb devices that can run pretty hot with no ill effects.

[JoostinOnline]

16 minutes ago, Ryanwake said:

Well yeah if it's for proper hear sink then u guess it doesn't matter, maybe a too hot light would still be worth it.

It wouldn't, because they don't get too hot. Just because it feels really hot to a human doesn't mean it's too hot for electronics.

[flibberdipper]

12 hours ago, Ryanwake said:

Well yeah if it's for proper hear sink then u guess it doesn't matter, maybe a too hot light would still be worth it.

Having a light when it gets too hot would be idiotic. Instead of relying on the user (who probably has the technological capability of a fruit) to fix it, just throttle the hardware which is too hot... Like they already tend to do.

[LogicalDrm]

Same reason why 97% of other consumer electronics don't have fans. Noise. As modem would be running all the time, and producing about same amount of heat all the time, you'd have annoying tiny fan whining all the time.

[brandishwar]

21 hours ago, JoostinOnline said:

It wouldn't, because they don't get too hot. Just because it feels really hot to a human doesn't mean it's too hot for electronics.

Hot to the touch for us is typically about 60C to 65C. Electronics generally can handle well into the 80s or 90s.

[Cypher-Jackson]

feel free to water cool your modem and post in on the internet