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In Reply to: RE: Question about tube clearance in shelves posted by NuWave on January 18, 2017 at 20:50:08
You could use a small fan. Some AC fans are very quiet. It does not need a huge volume of airflow to remove the heat. I use a 240V fan running on 120V, it works fine and is not audible.
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there is a way to rig up a fan that turns on along with the amp? Plus I don't know how to wire a computer fan to run off of an ac outlet.
Antec makes many small nearly silent computer fans. All you need is a 12 VDC wall wart.
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"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
Do I just splice them into the wall wart cord? Can I run two off of one wart? I would throw a switch on it too and turn them on when I turn on the amp.
Yes, splice into wall wart cord.
Yes, you can run two off one wart. I run three of them, though don't remember how much power my particular wart produces.
Switch - fine.
The ones I use are the Truequiet 120, though without lights. On low, I can just hear them from about a foot, no farther. At that speed, they don't move much air, but the small continuous air flow makes a big difference. I keep one on top of my VTL preamp, and used the others when I had the power amps in a confined shelf.
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"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
Actually, most computer fans run on DC. AC Small AC fans are available, though. Here is one I have used:
How do I rig up something like that? I saw a posting where a person said they used a 12v vdc wall wart and they wired it to that. Could I splice two fans into one of those, and maybe add a power switch inline to turn it on and off? And I could put the switch near my amp somewhere.
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