Yes Jim, the published specs of the Noctua and Utec fans have been presented in this thread. The Noctua manufacturer's warranty is 6 years. It seems they have confidence in the fan's durability.
John VK7JB Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone On 20/08/2014, at 2:19, Harry Yingst <[email protected]> wrote: > It was the easy way out and looked the nicest > > > > > > > From: John Farmer <[email protected]> > To: 'Harry Yingst' <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 10:13 PM > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] [K3] Fan Replacement > > Thanks Harry. I’ll do the same. Trimming the contact plug down will be > simpler than cutting it off and wiring on a 2 pin. > > Thanks for your advice. > > John > VK7JB > > > > From: Harry Yingst [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, 19 August 2014 10:17 AM > To: Dr John H Farmer > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Fan Replacement > > I use the Hardware that came with the fans. > > I trimmed the 3 contact plug down to 2 and removed the 3rd (unneeded) wire > > I attached the grills with screws (supplied with the fan) > > > > From: Dr John H Farmer <[email protected]> > To: Harry Yingst <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 6:02 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Fan Replacement > > Thank you Harry. > > Can you help with a couple of questions? > > Did you use the Noctua-supplied, rubber/silicone plugs to mount the fans to > the K3? > > How did you attach the Elecraft-supplied fan grill/finger protectors to the > fan. I don't think the Noctua fans come with a grille? > > Did you have to cut off the Noctua 3 pin connectors and replace them with 2 > pin? > > My fans arrive today and I'm looking forward to a quieter K3. > > Thanks for your advice. > > 73, > > John > VK7JB > > Dr John Farmer MBBS(Hons1) FRACGP ACCAM > Certificate of Travel Health (ISTM) > Clinical Director Travel Medicine Services > Aviation Medical Examiner > City Doctors & Travel Clinic > 188 Collins St > Hobart TAS 7000 > Australia > P +61 3 6231 3003 > F + 61 3 6231 6717 > > > On 19 Aug 2014, at 1:04, Harry Yingst <[email protected]> wrote: > I used the included Hardware with the Noctua Fans > > > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 8:59 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Fan Replacement > > Hello Harry, > > I'm about to follow your lead and install the Noctua fans in my K3. Did you > have to use alternate mounting hardware for the fans? I see that the Noctua > fan is 25mm thick, vs 15mm for the stock Utech fan and so the mounting bolts > will be too short to hold the Noctua fan? > > Thanks, > John > VK7JB > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
