I have my Orbi Router sitting on a shelf on top of my kitchen cabients spread out with several other smart home components. I have 3 other sattelite units around my house. I noticed the router felt warm yesterday so grabbed my IR Themometer and was shocked to see max temps around 120F / 48.9C (Moving the IR around I got temps between 100F and 119F). The only thing I can find on the forums about temperature on this unit is that it is safe to opperate up to 40C (104F). I updated my firmware, rebooted the router, and placed a small fan on the shelf. I got temps down to 88F after a few hours. I checked again this morning and it was back up over 115F.
I can't say I've taken a ton of temperature readings so I don't have history to rely upon. I've had this unit for around 3 years now without any issues. Is this just a case of me discovering the unit runs warm on a regular basis? Or should I invest in a fan to keep the unit cooler on a regular basis?
Ambient air and heated air tends to rise to higher elevations rather then lower elevations like near the floor. So if you have the RBR place up on a cabient in the kitchen near the cieling, the RBR will be in a environment where the air is warmer thus the RBR will be warmer as well.
I recommend placing the RBR down lower or closer to the floor. Also one can install a USB laptop cooler under the RBR for additional forced air cooling. Something i have under mine 24/7.
