<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Fan is slowly dying.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/4887/fan-is-slowly-dying/ Tue, 17 Dec 2013 00:50:41 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Fan is slowly dying.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44472/#p44472 I had to RMA my noctua fan. One of the wire's had a problem and would stop the fan a lot. Probably from all the moving it had to do along that cable wrap. No problem though cause they shipped me a new one. I would still buy again. Great fan...very quiet.

]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2013 00:50:41 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44472/#p44472 <![CDATA[Re: Fan is slowly dying.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44470/#p44470 The Noctua's are great, didn't see one return on any back when I was working at a pc-tech warehouse smile

]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2013 00:29:31 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44470/#p44470 <![CDATA[Re: Fan is slowly dying.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44468/#p44468 There are Prime sellers for the Noctua at +$3 or so.  My fan died completely and I also just cut off the wires, except I replaced with this cheaper ball-bearing fan and also soldered a JST connector so I can change easily in the future if needed.

]]> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 23:50:18 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44468/#p44468 <![CDATA[Re: Fan is slowly dying.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44463/#p44463 sweet, seems that fan has ball bearings as well.

I was doing some reading and everyone stated to go with ball bearing fans cuz the lightweight and longer life + quiet.

I wish it was amazon prime!  I'll take a look around.

thanks!

]]> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:09:45 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44463/#p44463 <![CDATA[Re: Fan is slowly dying.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44462/#p44462 It is just a standard 40mm computer fan. I replaced mine when it was making annoying grinding noises using one of these expensive but fantastically quiet ones:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009NQ … &psc=1

It comes with a lot of different connectors for hooking it up, among them was some little "buttons" you can use to splice wires without fooling with solder and shrink wrap. I simply cut the wires off the existing fan (as close to the fan as possible to leave slack in the cable) and also cut the wire on the new fan and stripped off the outer wrap to expose the individual wires, then I simply stuck the matching wires in the buttons and pressed them down with pliers. It has been almost totally silent and has worked great.

]]> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:02:44 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44462/#p44462 <![CDATA[Fan is slowly dying.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44460/#p44460 Hey guys,

I noticed that my fan keeps making ticking noises.  I know it's going to give soon.

I was wondering if someone can take me step by step on how to install a new fan?

This is for the fan on top of the extruder assuming its for the gears.

big_smile please help a newbie out!

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