Did you just mount it to blow on it open-like or did you put a shroud of some sort to put the air directly into the housing openings?
Jeff -----Original Message----- >From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jul 3, 2007 1:20 PM >To: ElectricMotorcycles <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] dc fan cooling > >>>i have a 45 min [20 mile] commute to work with speeds >>>from 25 to 45 mph and the fan has helped keep the >>>motor cool, especially when stopped at a light >>> >>>i use a 150ma 12 volt fan from a broken computer > >I wouldn't have thought such a small fan would help. That's good >news. I'm looking at this one for my etek: >http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/item/CF-302/search/12VDC_120MM_COOLING_FAN_.html > >For the archives: Sunon # KD1212PMBX-6A. 12Vdc, 7.6W cooling fan. >3150 RPM. 120 CFM. 46.5 dBA. 119mm x 119mm x 39mm. Two 6" leads >prepped with 2-pin female connector (0.10" centers). UL, CE. $4.25 > >I'm reading up a thermistors for speed control. > >I got back from a ride the other day and zapped my etek with an IR >thermometer. It read 130F. I don't know how hot is too hot but 130 >is too hot to touch. I that that's too hot. > >Mike >-- > >The Electric Motorcycle Portal >http://www.electricmotorcycles.net/ > >Electric Motorcycle Listserv >http://www.electricmotorcycles.net/listserv >
