Hunter I agree with the guys on a separate switch for the fans.? I use fans on all my Drake and Collins gear.? Over the finals.... I suck the air out of the finals.? Also I put the small cork or felt stick-on pads under the fan.? My fans are under 8 watts...when you get above that then you will begin to get the ones that make "blower noise"
Dale W7GMY -----Original Message----- From: Bob W7AVK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:29 pm Subject: Re: [drakelist] Confessions of an Appliance Operator Bob W7AVK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang? ----------------------------------------------------------------------? Hunter - Not a guru on the subject, but if they are 120 volt already why not just make up a line cord for them and plug the cord into a computer strip with a switch along with the radios. This would control the fans and also the radios which would save the snap action power switch on the radio, which some day will go bad.? ? Its easy to later remove the fans and their line cord leaving not a trace. Also since the fans are separate you could experiment with various ways reducing their noise by slowing them down, if that is concern. Or maybe a thermostat snap action on/off switch for them.? ? Good luck and enjoy. A good way to learn? ? Merry Christmas and Best DX? ? 73 Bob W7AVK? ? Hunter Ellington wrote:? > My technical skills are limited, but I am trying. I have two Radio > Shack > 115VAC cooling fans that I would like to mount (without > modification) on my > R-4C, and my T-4XC. The question is, where is the > best location to tap into > the 115V line power source? If this has been > covered, will someone direct > me to the archive article? Thanks to all > and 73. Merry Christmas. WB9NJB. > > > > > > R. Hunter Ellington, Esq.? > Shareholder? > > *Gorrell** **Giles** PC? > *1331 Seventeenth Street, Suite 1000? > Denver, Colorado 80202? > (303) 996-6585 Direct? > (303) 996-2680 Fax? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------? > > No virus found in this incoming message.? > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: > 269.17.6/1193 - Release Date: 12/22/2007 2:02 PM? ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------? Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body? Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message? Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net? ----------------------------------------------------------------------? ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com
