In need of a Small Exhaus

[barry martin]

Greg:

G > We just had a desk built to house our home pc. The problem is that it seems G > to be getting hot inside the cabinet. There is a opening in the side next t

G > the leg space for the monitor cable and so forth. Does anyone know where I G > can lay my hands on a small wall mounted fan that I can place in that space

G > Something that can plug into an outlet. The opening probably isn't more tha

G > 8"x5"? Something very quiet would be nice. It would really be nice if it G > had a small sensor that kicks it on when the temperature inside the cabinet G > gets to a certain point.

As someone else suggested, Radio Shack sells 'muffin' fans. Not sure if they have a sound (dB) rating or not; if not I'd be inclined to go with one with a lower air movement (cfm) figure else you'll hear a lot of noise. You need a breeze, not a gale-force wind!

I would also mount the fan using rubber grommets in order to minimize noise/vibration transmission to the desk (panel acts as a soundboard).

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[mark Ransley]

Muffin fans at radio shack are silent. but they have cataloges can order everyting and can answer your question on db ratings. Call them

[mark Ransley]

Heat sensors fail, Power on computer , power on auto fan..........

[Colbyt]

Have you considered buying one or more of the larger PC case fans (at PC stores everywhere and on EBAY) wire it to the computer power supply and it/they will go off and on with the computer. DC operation and potential interference are an added bonus.

[Gary Tait]

Cheaper possibly would be to visit surplus stores, they tend to have an asortment of fans.