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Jaguar Heat Sensitivity

In order to save space on our electronics board, we're hoping to mount our jaguars above our CIMs for the drivetrain. To be more precise, we'd like to mount them on a 1/4" piece of acrylic that's bolted to the hex shafts that we've got as crossbars between our CIMple gearboxes. We're running four CIMs. The one thing we're concerned about is the heat. Last year, one of our team members reported the CIMs had a temperature of above 300 degrees F (can't verify that number personally, it does seem a bit high. We do admittedly drive very hard, though.) We'll cool them between matches with fans, but during matches, we don't really have any cooling system on them (last year we were drawing enough power that we're reluctant to add on more power draw.)

So, questions.
Are the CIMs really going to be radiating that heat much?
How sensitive are the Jaguars to the sorts of temperatures that could be induced in them?
What sort of power draw would a small fan have? Anyone have any experience with active cooling on their robot?

Any input or advice would be appreciated. Thanks!