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pointdablame:


--- Quote from: cholin on March 14, 2005, 11:30:30 pm ---Yeah I was just looking at the other fans posted here and they're only like 1400 rpm, so that would explain why their so quiet!  If you attached a few batteries to your fan, im sure it wouldnt make alot of noise :P (Ive tried it with a 9v and its quiet compared to the 12v)

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You don't need batteries.  You can power them off of your computer's PSU and simply undervolt them.

mmmPeanutButter:

I got a fan (from work) that has a temperature sensor.  It goes at one speed at lower temperatures and when the temperature goes up, so does the speed.

I have the fan installed, but haven't wired it up yet, so I can't comment on performance.

Do these two-speed fans work well in cabs?   Makes sense to me.


mmmPeanutButter

pointdablame:


--- Quote from: mmmPeanutButter on March 15, 2005, 09:40:43 am ---I got a fan (from work) that has a temperature sensor.  It goes at one speed at lower temperatures and when the temperature goes up, so does the speed.

I have the fan installed, but haven't wired it up yet, so I can't comment on performance.

Do these two-speed fans work well in cabs?   Makes sense to me.


mmmPeanutButter

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If the fan is of decent quality, I don't see why they wouldn't work.  You could also always get a fan controller and mount it somewhere convenient on your cab.  Some of them can handle up to 6 or 8 fans, and vary the voltage/power on and off right from the faceplate.

RayB:

4 fans eh?

If you were to use only 1 fan, where should it go? Logic tells me to put it near the top, since heat rises. But my Galaga has the fan near the floor.

 ???


cholin:

When I said batteries, I meant just as a test, I didnt mean run your fans off batteries normally, it was a statement to show undervoltage.  If I were mounting one fan in there, it would probably be right by my computer, considerring that computers get pretty darned hot.  One thing I would see helping out would be to make a custom heat sink thats huge and stick that on your CPU, since you have a ton of space in your cab....  Thermal sensored fans are sometimes good, but I hate them.  If the temperature goes like one degree higher than the fan recommends, then the fan makes a ton of noise.  Thats how it is with mine anyways.

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