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From: Michael D Wellman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Compact Macs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, July 15, 2001 10:23 PM
Subject: Mac Plus Cooling
> Just like everyone who owns one, I have been concerned about the Heat
>that my Plus creates, and have been trying to do something about it,
>Cheaply. Well, I have come up with something that I want to pass on,
>because it works so Darn well, is Cheap to make, with Very little fan
>noise.
>
> I took two pieces of heavy duty Aluminum Foil, six inches long, and
>about twice as wide as the handle hole, about eight inches wide, and
>folded each one to fit the hole, then shaped them into two pieces ( upper
>and lower ) so that they would go together to make a wedge that fit into
>the handle hole, leaving a square hole the size of the fan I used on the
>other end, two and a half inches square, ( the fan I used was out of a
>Classic II that I have that does not work ) add a little duct tape to
>keep the two halves, and the fan together, and that part is done.
> Now for the quiet sound of the fan, I used an AC 120v adapter that
>converts to 9v DC. This makes the fan turn slower, with much less noise,
>( almost none at all ) but still has enough flow to suck Lots of cool air
>throgh the lower vents, and it makes the Plus cooler to the touch that my
>SE/30. I would imagine a converter that puts out 6v DC would turn even
>slower, with the same outcome, a Much cooler Plus.
>
> Michael Wellman
> Chandler, AZ U.S.A.
Interesting solution, Michael.
Now, what are you doing with the motherboard to that Classic II>?
;^) Jeff
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