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Eddie Fantastic:
I dismantled and mounted a 9" deskfan at the rear of mine after one crazy idea. It has variable speed too, everything stays cool with that baby switched on. Only downside is you can't hear a bloody thing when it's on  but you do have a feeling of being trapped in a wind tunnel.
Installing it also taught me the importance of respecting electricity. To be honest I quite enjoyed having 240 volts pumped through my body, what spoilt my new found high was the missus shouting at me to be more careful. "Don't worry love, I actually quite liked it" I managed to blub from my foetal position on the floor.
I'm now rethinking the idea and I leaning toward multiple smaller fans.

darkmanx:
after being shocked by a monitor that wasnt discharged properly i cannot stress enough the importance of safety around electricity.

i was shocked, and at first i could not move at all. its the strangest sensation, you can feel the energy pump through you and you are totally helpless. fortunatly for me there was a chair behind me which i tripped over while being shocked which is what i think caused me to be let go. needless to say i was thrown clear across my apartment. the pain wasnt terrible, but the whole left side of my body was in some decent pain. i easily could have been killed though, i know its a fluke that i survived it.  

please please be careful around electricity!! it will strike when you dont expect it and thats it. anyway i really wouldnt suggest trying to rewire a fan.

if your going to have a power strip in your cab you can always use a little desktop fan. alot of people complain that they are not powerful enough and too noisy. get a vornado brand fan. i have one that has lasted me about 6 yrs so far. the thing is maybe 6" and it is POWERFUL.

more powerful than big box fans 5 times its size. and its quiet as hell. as a test i put mine inside my coin door and put it on. my cab still has big areas that arent closed off so theres plenty of an opening for sound and i can barely hear it.

IndyJones1023:
Check out my ventilation idea. http://www.westg8.com/emugasm/

Frobozz:
If you hunt around on the internet a little, you can find some good suppliers of industrial fans for various housings.  

Some of these are quite good, taking a multitude of voltages, and many sizes.  Some I saw even had a surface bevel (like a speaker grill) with filter attachment.

Good sites also list the amount of noise the things make in addition to the amount of airflow (cfm) it can move.

Being industrial fans though, they tend to be a little pricy.  Mostly depends on what you're looking for though.

G Smith:
I was looking to see if they made 8mm fans that were powered by usb connection.  I thought it'd be nice to have a couple of them in the cabinet (and maybe one blowing dust on me while I play :) )

Does anyone know if these exist?

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