Tip for cooling these. Purchase a 0.4mm thermal pad (about $10 on amazon) and cut into quarters, each quarter should be approximately the size of the heatsink. Disassemble the switch and place one of the quarters on top of the heatsink fins biased slightly towards the front of the switch. Slide the case back together and it should push the thermal pad back to cover the heatsink almost perfectly. This allows the top of the case to dissipate heat, you should see a 5-7 degree drop. Love these switches, maybe I've been lucky but I've yet to have a unifi switch fail out of dozens installed.
@Nedžad Jušić Yup, I have a couple of these at home and saw a noticeable drop after wedging the thermal pad onto the heatsink fins. $2.50 per switch is a pretty inexpensive way to keep the temps in check. We are installing these pads on all of the unifi switches that we deploy now. I should mention this trick works on other unifi switches. They tend to use the same height heatsinks on all of their products.
I can say from first hand experience that these run HOT... I've seen temps on mine as high as 82ºC which was sitting open air and almost to hot to touch... nothing sitting on top or bottom but in a relatively hot room so keep that in mind.
I don't use these horizontally. I always turn the rack-ears 90° and mount these switches on the side, vertically allowing convective through one side to the other.
Had 76 degrees Celsius today. Think that is to much. Is there a possibility to add a fan? Now I mounted 2 little fans at the side from the outside. Temperature is now 48!! But I d like to put them inside.
I've had this for 2 months, and found it to be running at 80+ degrees with about 30w of POE load. I'd never put it under full load. I've recently modded a fan into it but it still runs 50+c
Both of my switches got hot enough (50C +) to shut down the SFP port and drop them off the management list. I use a small fan to keep them cool and no more issues. Neither were stacked and they were in an air conditioned space.
Please set your UniFi controller to dark mode before doing the screen capture reviews it's much easier on our eyes to see what you are showing :) especially when viewing on a tiny phone screen
no way in hell I will trust another POE switch from Ubiquiti, those internal power supplies are junk and non-repairable "from Ubiquiti" after the warranty runs out, check out their forums on this issue. I still buy the 60 watt models with external brick, at least I can replace the power brick, I would go with a netgear POE with lifetime warranty instead :)
Lawrence, Simple home user with an office needing AP in the house. If I purchase the Switch 8 PoE (150w) and 2x Access Point WiFi 6 Pro...from my business class cable modem can I plug the WAN in one of the 8 ports so that when the APs are plugged in the other ports they get an IP address? Or, do I still need to use my business modem to my Netgear router and router to the switch for the AP to work and get IPs?
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Thx so I just need to purchase the Dream Machine this one device can handle it all since I am only doing 2 AP. Do I need the Pro or the Pro SE for POE? Does the cheaper Pro for $379 do POE for the APs? Thx Sir
@@The87por924 it doesn't matter if it is or isnt' directly from Ubiquiti thats not the point. You apparently don't know the market, most vendors dont make that "type" to save on cost. Which is fine. Honestly mounting it or not doesn't change much on the cooling, if you are afraid it's not cooling much buy a fan add it to the rack, end of the problem.
@@djbeeniednb I found it in a shop explicit for unifi www.omg.de/ubiquiti-networks/unifi/unifi-switch/ubiquiti-rackmount-kit-8-150w-us-8-rmkit/a-20416/
I would like to see some statistics of this one, it would have been nice if did show us this portion. After all, this is the main advantage of the Unifi line.
So its not just me that opens expensive network equipment when it arrives ? I had a 500w 48 port unifi switch die , One poe port must have shorted , there was a hole in the PCB it went up like a firecracker !
Looks interesting, although the 16 port POE rackmount (not fanless) run very hot compared to what I'd expect. Seems to be the same for this one. I think if there is sufficient airflow in the rack, it is no big deal though Pretty warm, but I have seen 60C before on the 16 port POE. 45C is very warm but fine.
I generally am a Ubiquity fan boy but this switch runs uncomfortably warm with nothing connected to it and scary hot with some PoE load in a warm room or rack. If you measured the heat sink temp with the case open that’s nothing like the real world total thermal picture when it’s closed up as the power supply is the bigger heat load. If you do some research many have had these fail likely due to overheating. A 150 watt anything without a fan or massive external heat sink is a bad idea and a poor design. You will be lucky in most applications if it doesn’t need warranty replacement let alone outlive it’s warranty. We all know Ubiquity sends you free stuff but more objective reviews would be helpful. This switch can double as a toaster oven in most real world use. Tell it like is.
We have not had any of these 8 port or the 16-port version fail. We have had unifi 24 port POE units that failed. Also we bought this particular device.
Lawrence Systems / PC Pickup The 16 port has fan cooling, is rack mountable, and isn’t that much more expensive than the fanless 8 port. It’s a much better option. If you haven’t had any 8 port Unifi fanless PoE switches fail yet it’s just a matter of time as they run really hot with even just a few modest PoE loads like a few Unifi cameras. It wouldn’t surprise me if Ubiquity discontinues this switch or comes out with a fan cooled version. Put one in a warm equipment closet with even 40 watts of PoE load and you can fry an egg on the case.
Nedžad Jušić It would be nice if Lawrence would revise his statement claiming “it does not run too hot” as that’s clearly not the case. Lawrence might want to watch one of Louis Rossmann’s latest videos about shilling questionable products on RUclips. Those widely shilling Nord VPN found out it leads nowhere good.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Simple home user with an office needing AP in the house. If I purchase the Switch 8 PoE (150w) and 2x Access Point WiFi 6 Pro...from my business class cable modem can I plug the WAN in one of the 8 ports so that when the APs are plugged in the other ports they get an IP address? Or, do I still need to use my business modem to my Netgear router and router to the switch for the AP to work and get IPs?
I always find it interesting when I find a fingerprint inside something from factory
Better than finding a finger.
It was probably a NSA/CCP "interjection."
Tip for cooling these. Purchase a 0.4mm thermal pad (about $10 on amazon) and cut into quarters, each quarter should be approximately the size of the heatsink. Disassemble the switch and place one of the quarters on top of the heatsink fins biased slightly towards the front of the switch. Slide the case back together and it should push the thermal pad back to cover the heatsink almost perfectly. This allows the top of the case to dissipate heat, you should see a 5-7 degree drop. Love these switches, maybe I've been lucky but I've yet to have a unifi switch fail out of dozens installed.
@Nedžad Jušić Yup, I have a couple of these at home and saw a noticeable drop after wedging the thermal pad onto the heatsink fins. $2.50 per switch is a pretty inexpensive way to keep the temps in check. We are installing these pads on all of the unifi switches that we deploy now. I should mention this trick works on other unifi switches. They tend to use the same height heatsinks on all of their products.
I can say from first hand experience that these run HOT... I've seen temps on mine as high as 82ºC which was sitting open air and almost to hot to touch... nothing sitting on top or bottom but in a relatively hot room so keep that in mind.
Are you Matt LeBlanc's never heard from, better looking brother?
No active cooling in this thing seems a disaster waiting to happen.
I agree. These run way too hot and is probably my second least favorite Unifi device. The USG is worse in my opinion and in need of significant work.
I don't use these horizontally. I always turn the rack-ears 90° and mount these switches on the side, vertically allowing convective through one side to the other.
Had 76 degrees Celsius today. Think that is to much. Is there a possibility to add a fan? Now I mounted 2 little fans at the side from the outside. Temperature is now 48!! But I d like to put them inside.
You should measure the temperature under full load (all ports delivering PoE to attached devices).
@Chuck Holmes What brand , type do you use .
I've had this for 2 months, and found it to be running at 80+ degrees with about 30w of POE load. I'd never put it under full load. I've recently modded a fan into it but it still runs 50+c
Would you recommend this set-up for a home (outside) set-up?
How does this compare with the cheaper option for home use? Only have a single PoE device, a Unifi AP.
Both of my switches got hot enough (50C +) to shut down the SFP port and drop them off the management list. I use a small fan to keep them cool and no more issues. Neither were stacked and they were in an air conditioned space.
Please set your UniFi controller to dark mode before doing the screen capture reviews it's much easier on our eyes to see what you are showing :) especially when viewing on a tiny phone screen
@@The87por924 only if it's the late afternoon and my eyes are tired
no way in hell I will trust another POE switch from Ubiquiti, those internal power supplies are junk and non-repairable "from Ubiquiti" after the warranty runs out, check out their forums on this issue. I still buy the 60 watt models with external brick, at least I can replace the power brick, I would go with a netgear POE with lifetime warranty instead :)
Hi. Is this switch compatible with the Acces point in wall UAP IW HD from Ubiquiti?
Lawrence, Simple home user with an office needing AP in the house. If I purchase the Switch 8 PoE (150w) and 2x Access Point WiFi 6 Pro...from my business class cable modem can I plug the WAN in one of the 8 ports so that when the APs are plugged in the other ports they get an IP address? Or, do I still need to use my business modem to my Netgear router and router to the switch for the AP to work and get IPs?
You still need a firewall.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Thx so I just need to purchase the Dream Machine this one device can handle it all since I am only doing 2 AP. Do I need the Pro or the Pro SE for POE? Does the cheaper Pro for $379 do POE for the APs? Thx Sir
Tom it is rack mountable, there is a separate kit you can purchase for that.
@@The87por924 it doesn't matter if it is or isnt' directly from Ubiquiti thats not the point. You apparently don't know the market, most vendors dont make that "type" to save on cost. Which is fine. Honestly mounting it or not doesn't change much on the cooling, if you are afraid it's not cooling much buy a fan add it to the rack, end of the problem.
Is that a fan header north of the heatsink?
UniFi version of the older Toughswitches, they run way hot, mount on side on a wall.
hi, there is a rack mount kit for it. Ubiquiti Rackmount Kit 8-150W - US-8-RMKIT
I don't think this rackmount works with Unifi though only edge
community.ui.com/questions/Will-the-ER-RMKIT-EdgeRouter-Rackmount-Kit-Fit-the-US-8-150W/094b6046-c8a9-4afc-89b6-b59aed945e00
@@djbeeniednb I found it in a shop explicit for unifi
www.omg.de/ubiquiti-networks/unifi/unifi-switch/ubiquiti-rackmount-kit-8-150w-us-8-rmkit/a-20416/
I would like to see some statistics of this one, it would have been nice if did show us this portion. After all, this is the main advantage of the Unifi line.
So its not just me that opens expensive network equipment when it arrives ?
I had a 500w 48 port unifi switch die , One poe port must have shorted , there was a hole in the PCB it went up like a firecracker !
And thank you for asking us to like And subscribe after the video is over not before like everyone else
Yip Tom , this is the one I have , I did discover consistent rebooting every 30 min , found a rogue vm :-( Debian box that was misbehaving ......
Just had one of these go out on me. Keep reading that the power supply is not replaceable.
Anyone been able to replace the power supply??
I've this US-8-150W as a rackmount verson. Here in germany OMG sells the mount kit for abaut 25€ here in germany.
Any experience with MikroTik routers and hardware?
They are inexpensive but have a horrible interface.
Very Nice! all along Unifi!
I have the 8 port with 4 Poe. I have the 8 port powered by Poe with passthrough. Don't have the full 8 port Poe. Yet.
Looks interesting, although the 16 port POE rackmount (not fanless) run very hot compared to what I'd expect. Seems to be the same for this one. I think if there is sufficient airflow in the rack, it is no big deal though
Pretty warm, but I have seen 60C before on the 16 port POE. 45C is very warm but fine.
And thanks for making this & many other videos :)
How's the fan noise???
Super Man very loud apparently
gotta love people not watching the frigging video... which fan exactly do you expect to make noise in this FAN-LESS model?
I generally am a Ubiquity fan boy but this switch runs uncomfortably warm with nothing connected to it and scary hot with some PoE load in a warm room or rack. If you measured the heat sink temp with the case open that’s nothing like the real world total thermal picture when it’s closed up as the power supply is the bigger heat load. If you do some research many have had these fail likely due to overheating. A 150 watt anything without a fan or massive external heat sink is a bad idea and a poor design. You will be lucky in most applications if it doesn’t need warranty replacement let alone outlive it’s warranty. We all know Ubiquity sends you free stuff but more objective reviews would be helpful. This switch can double as a toaster oven in most real world use. Tell it like is.
We have not had any of these 8 port or the 16-port version fail. We have had unifi 24 port POE units that failed. Also we bought this particular device.
Lawrence Systems / PC Pickup The 16 port has fan cooling, is rack mountable, and isn’t that much more expensive than the fanless 8 port. It’s a much better option. If you haven’t had any 8 port Unifi fanless PoE switches fail yet it’s just a matter of time as they run really hot with even just a few modest PoE loads like a few Unifi cameras. It wouldn’t surprise me if Ubiquity discontinues this switch or comes out with a fan cooled version. Put one in a warm equipment closet with even 40 watts of PoE load and you can fry an egg on the case.
Nedžad Jušić It would be nice if Lawrence would revise his statement claiming “it does not run too hot” as that’s clearly not the case. Lawrence might want to watch one of Louis Rossmann’s latest videos about shilling questionable products on RUclips. Those widely shilling Nord VPN found out it leads nowhere good.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Simple home user with an office needing AP in the house. If I purchase the Switch 8 PoE (150w) and 2x Access Point WiFi 6 Pro...from my business class cable modem can I plug the WAN in one of the 8 ports so that when the APs are plugged in the other ports they get an IP address? Or, do I still need to use my business modem to my Netgear router and router to the switch for the AP to work and get IPs?
Keep up the good work!
Would LOVE to get my hands on this
SFP only :(
Would like to see you do a review of a mikrotik crs328-24p-4s+rm
I have one, its hot. Dont stack it. I have no idea how ill ever use 150w? haha.
Mine runs about 70c