RE: Raspberry Pi DIN Rail Mount Housing - short product review

geralds — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 20:17:16 GMT

Hi,

at 2017 we made a roadtest about the din rail case for the RPI from Phoenix Contact.

RPI BC DIN rail housing for Raspberry Pi computers

How much different is this, or are there some items equal with it?

Best Regards

Gerald

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RE: Raspberry Pi DIN Rail Mount Housing - short product review

DAB — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 18:25:37 GMT

Nice find, is the camera cable easily accessible?

DAB

RE: Raspberry Pi DIN Rail Mount Housing - short product review

shabaz — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 15:48:58 GMT

Hi Jan,

That's a good price! It looks attractive to use even as a normal Pi enclosure, even if the DIN mounting is not needed. All Pi cases should have space like this : ) And it's fun deciding what functionality to expose on the front panel with custom designs.

The top looks spacious enough for a small fan if required, but I've been using two Pi 4 with no fan or heatsink so far (just some small existing vent holes in the enclosures I'm using, but could be drilled in the sides a small drill, or leaving the top flap open), and they're running for weeks (I don't do a lot of processing on them). Today is very hot here, but they are running fine. The manufacturer should pre-drill a small grid of holes on one side, if the enclosure really needs sealing from dust then it would not make much difference anyway : ) But at that reasonable price, I'd drill it myself.

With the recent Pi's the micro SD card has to be pulled to remove, so one trick is to put some sticky tape on it, so that it is a handy pull tag : )