advice on Huawei HG612

i would like to add a computer fan to the Huawei HG612 does anyone know where i could solder the wires to on the HG612 board ?

Is there even enough room to get a fan in there in a suitable position?

I would have thought the power jack socket would be the best/safest place to pick 12v up from.

thanks for reply i was going to place it on the outside of it. i bought one of ebay and have unlocked it so wanted to install a fan to keep it nice and cool as av read they tend to overheat

I have mine stood up on its edge on the window-ledge. No problems so far.

I have mine screwed to the wall, been there almost a year now, no problems.

I think there was an issue with them running hot, but that was the older versions.

As long as they are well ventilated they should be fine.

In reply to a post by ste211270:

they tend to overheat

As stated by others, if vertically mounted, they don't, not even the early ones.

cheers guys av sorted it now all working

Don't add a fan to it - it's a waste of time, not to mention the electrical noise you might introduce to the line. Wall mount it and it will be solid, I have had all the versions, all have been wall mounted and never had any issues.

Or upside down to allow the heat to rise through the vents on the bottom.

seems a design fault to me to require wall mounting for ventilation.

my hg612 doesnt crash but it does feel hot to touch.

I may give it some more elevation so has more air flow beneath it.

Boring, boring .

There was an issue with the early HG612s, where many packed in due to overheating when placed horizontally. The solution was to wall-mount, and that is still the preferred installation by Openreach even for the 3B version that replaced it over a year ago.

I don't think there have been any reports of these overheating, however mounted.

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

seems a design fault to me to require wall mounting for ventilation.

More likely a quality control fault somewhere I suspect, maybe poor component selection. It didn't affect all of them.

My HG612 is one of the old ones and never ran more than warm even when mounted horizontally. I mounted it vertically when the reports of overheating started to crop up, and then it barely managed tepid.

It's running warmer than normal today, but then so am I