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Matthew McDonald <firstnamehere@sv.net.au> wrote in article
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> I'm quite sure that a quality power supply with a decent fan would work
> fine, but what about all the crap out there? I've seen some pretty bad
> units. Here's one scenario out of many that _could_ happen.
> 
> Fan starts running slow, heat builds up, heat rises, straight back into
> the board that's mounted at the top, components are all held in by poor
> soldering, components come loose, intermittent operation begins or
> worse.
> 
> There are many other reasons as well, power supplies are designed to be
> operated in a few positions but upside down is not one of them, whilst
> it may work, I would not take the chance.

In the original post Bob wrote
> >: >I have got an old large fliptop case which i am thinking of doing up.
> >: >And the first thing that has to go is the ancient and very large
power
> >: >supply.
> >: >There is already one large fan hole in the back, but for me to make
use of
> >: >it a normal modern AT type power supply would have to go in upside
down.
> >: >Is this safe/possible etc?

Mounting the power supply upside down is not a problem. It will work fine
in any position. To mount it upside down so it can use an existing air vent
is logical.

> >gdurb@aardvark.apana.org.au (George Durbridge) wrote:
> >I think the original poster wanted to install the power supply upside 
> >down, not the case.
That is a valid point and I have seen numerouse systems placed in all sorts
of positions with no bad effects.
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