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   On 08/12/2024 19:50, David Higton wrote:   
   > In message    
   >            The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   >   
   >> It's an interesting thought as to why one would use a fan at all. If its   
   >> such a high compute task that you need one, maybe a bigger Pi or an   
   >> Intel based machine is indicated.   
   >>   
   >> I dislike fans. They fail.   
   >   
   > PC fans run pretty much all the time.  A fan on a RasPi is likely to   
   > run less of the time, and could well last longer overall.   
   >   
   > Fans fail.  Disc drives fail.  SSDs fail.  Batteries fail.  Reservoir   
   > capacitors fail.  But before they do, they are very useful.   
   >   
      
   Such an ArtStudent™ view of life.   
      
   Do you know what MTBF means?   
      
      
   > David   
      
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