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		beckler on July 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Raspberry Pi 4 needs a fan well yeah, this thing pulls 3 amps. even though it's mostly to push amperage down the USB 3.0 ports, those electrons going across the board are gonna generate some heat.

geerlingguy on July 17, 2019 [–]

Worst case (headless, at least) with a USB SSD powered off the bus, I was pulling 1.8 amps. But I can imagine if you’re also driving some other USB devices, and one or two HDMI displays, 3A is not far off!

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