<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/7420/replacing-fans-with-better-quality-quieter-versions/ Wed, 03 Sep 2014 02:24:53 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65211/#p65211 (I'm an EE..)

]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2014 02:24:53 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65211/#p65211 <![CDATA[Re: Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65198/#p65198 eflyguy wrote:

I have an abundance of options when it comes to power, so I'll see what these fans are pulling, check the supply, and upgrade if needed.

+1 So sensible! smile

]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:50:25 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65198/#p65198 <![CDATA[Re: Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65193/#p65193 I have an abundance of options when it comes to power, so I'll see what these fans are pulling, check the supply, and upgrade if needed.

]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:20:01 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65193/#p65193 <![CDATA[Re: Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65067/#p65067 adrian wrote:

The above logic is sound - except there is only ~700ma spare in the OEM power bricks..

Yep. I noticed my LED light flickering stopped when I started running not only my new fans, but also the old one from my separate power cube (which I found my going through my junkpile - I think it might have once powered an old flatbed scanner that died).

]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2014 13:39:19 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65067/#p65067 <![CDATA[Re: Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65058/#p65058 Understood, and thank you.

Any suggestions on a new brick? I'll look when I get home for a upgraded one.

]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2014 08:10:20 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65058/#p65058 <![CDATA[Re: Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65056/#p65056 The above logic is sound - except there is only ~700ma spare in the OEM power bricks..

80ma 40mm fans are one thing; but the people running mutltiple 80mm's that *can* pull 230ma depending on spec need to be wary (don't ask me - but I seen 'it done... )

I agree a second power supply is overkill/cumbersome; and much more advocate just upspeccing the power supply as a whole and running an appropriate one that is no more than 80% loaded... But do be careful when dealing with that OEM brick;  as it (like most things on the SD) is skirting the upper bounds of its spec so it pays to be measured in ones cowboyesque actions wink

]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2014 07:26:51 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65056/#p65056 <![CDATA[Re: Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65043/#p65043 grob wrote:
eflyguy wrote:

Fans use virtually no power, I'll be tapping in to the existing wiring (as I'm replacing the noisy fans that are there now)..

+1. So much easier than a second power brick! Just steal it from the existing extruder fan wiring, or the LED strip. smile

Do we know the max amps that can go threw those lines atleast? I'll have to do some digging. I plan on adding five fans I think (x, y, case circulation, extruder tip, and board cooler).

Thanks for the replies guys!

]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2014 04:15:24 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65043/#p65043 <![CDATA[Re: Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65029/#p65029 eflyguy wrote:

Fans use virtually no power, I'll be tapping in to the existing wiring (as I'm replacing the noisy fans that are there now)..

+1. So much easier than a second power brick! Just steal it from the existing extruder fan wiring, or the LED strip. smile

]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:23:55 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65029/#p65029 <![CDATA[Re: Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/64947/#p64947 Fans use virtually no power, I'll be tapping in to the existing wiring (as I'm replacing the noisy fans that are there now)..

]]> Sat, 30 Aug 2014 19:22:04 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/64947/#p64947 <![CDATA[Re: Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/64918/#p64918 exineport wrote:

I need to do the same - where are you guys powering them from? A new supply?

I made this thing which I plug a separate 12V power cube into:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:172530

]]> Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:21:21 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/64918/#p64918 <![CDATA[Re: Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/64894/#p64894 I need to do the same - where are you guys powering them from? A new supply?

]]> Sat, 30 Aug 2014 04:04:03 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/64894/#p64894 <![CDATA[Re: Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/64864/#p64864 I don't think the Y axis needs any extra cooling, it is connected to the big heat sink that is the metal frame. I've poked the Y motor before and it never seemed hot to me, the X was the one that got hot enough to raise blisters.

]]> Fri, 29 Aug 2014 22:19:25 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/64864/#p64864 <![CDATA[Re: Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/64862/#p64862 Thx!

]]> Fri, 29 Aug 2014 21:07:28 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/64862/#p64862 <![CDATA[Re: Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/64849/#p64849 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:128526 for the X
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:148038 for the Y

]]> Fri, 29 Aug 2014 19:26:35 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/64849/#p64849 <![CDATA[Re: Replacing fans with better quality, quieter versions?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/64845/#p64845 Well, I'm committed already. smile I'm looking for a good holder for the x & y motors - suggestions on what works best? I've seen several on thingiverse..

]]> Fri, 29 Aug 2014 19:12:03 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/64845/#p64845