Anyone know where I can find a 160mm case fan?

[Electron Chaser]

Sure I can do up something in AutoCAD for you tomorrow at work complete with pictures and links.

 

[a c i d.f l y]

Sure I can do up something in AutoCAD for you tomorrow at work complete with pictures and links.

Sounds good. I'll look for it.

Thanks,
-Frank

 

[mtb856]

He says it so casually... I'll just whip up something in AutoCad, no biggie

BTW, are you an EE or CE by any chance?

 

[Electron Chaser]

He says it so casually... I'll just whip up something in AutoCad, no biggie

BTW, are you an EE or CE by any chance?

Electrical Controls Engineer.

An EE that designs and programs Industrial Automation Equipment

 

[mtb856]

Cool, I'm a CE student w/ a specialty in solid state circuitry ( I might change the specialty, I have some more research to do ).... although I'm in college still, so you can't really say I'm an engineer yet. Getting there though

 

[a c i d.f l y]

mtb, six stars man.... I'm working on that sixth star.

-Frank

 

[mtb856]

Yeah, you can really rack up the posts in the cooling forum. There's so many new people to help so you get quite a few more posts per day here. I just try to take some of the load off of arch's shoulders

 

[a c i d.f l y]

Oh yea... I'll be ordering this on FRIDAY!

^-Power Cable-|-Hookup-^

^-Relay-|-Terminal-^

^-172mm x 150mm x 38mm-^
230cfm AC Fan​

Be afraid -- be very afraid. To be honest.. I might replace ALL my fans with AC fans... I can lower them to almost now power and they still spin. DC fans require a minimum voltage to start up... NO MORE!

-Frank

 

[dark_15]

Yeah... that's the reason why i wanted a big fan... the little 80 mm fans won't start up half the time and I am getting sick of it... I may put in an order for the fan yo guys mentioned and try and see if I can do what you are doing above... thanks for everyone's help!

 

[warlock110]

dark15, wut did u use to cut out the space for the fan? i have the same case too, and planning to do the same to it. thanks.

 

[a c i d.f l y]

I'm just scared of electrocuting the crap out of myself... other than that, this should be easy. ... *waits for check to clear*

-Frank

 

[Electron Chaser]

Not a real big deal to be honest. Just follow the print I sent you, do the wiring with the power off, do not strip the wires back to far that hook up to the Relay Base, and use some common sense.

 

[dark_15]

dark15, wut did u use to cut out the space for the fan? i have the same case too, and planning to do the same to it. thanks.

A dremel and a lot of patience...

Make sure you take out all of your parts before even thinking about cutting the case...