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Topic: Side mounted fans for cooling electronics

So I wanted some fans to cool the electronics but I also wanted to maintain the clear electronics cover that came with the printer.  I figured I could hang a fan mount on the outside and duct the air across the board.  It is held on using a magnet and some built in slots which allow it to slide over the edge of the existing plexi cover. I used two 50mm fans and wired them to a separate power supply.  It seems to move a decent amount of air across the electronics. I'm pretty happy with it.  You can see the slot the air is ducted through in one of the pictures.

http://www.soliforum.com/misc.php?action=pun_attachment&item=579&download=0

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Re: Side mounted fans for cooling electronics

Can you post the stl's for the mount. Would like to add that to my printer as well. Looks good!

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Re: Side mounted fans for cooling electronics

There are a few minor changes I need to make on it first but I will get the files up in the next couple of days.

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4 Reply by Stoney (edited by Stoney 2012-12-10 06:19:07)

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Re: Side mounted fans for cooling electronics

I like that too !
Though I got my printer a week or so before the electronics cover was issued, so I have now printed a modified version of lawzzys case with a CPU fan mount in the top of it.
Just FYI on the fan cooling, IR thermometer put my motor drivers at 71C after a minute or so into a print, putting a CPU fan in front of them for 3 seconds dropped it to about 45C. It certainly makes a huge difference.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1246105/Photo% … 6%20PM.jpg


I want a copy of this one to stick a couple of fans on my soldering bench .. to get rid of fumes. Perhaps a sucking version and a carbon trap would be better.

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Re: Side mounted fans for cooling electronics

Did you ever post the stl?

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Re: Side mounted fans for cooling electronics

pcpoirier wrote:

Did you ever post the stl?


No, I was not happy with releasing the file as it currently places a slight amount of pressure on the USB cable coming off the board.  I have been thinking about a redesign but I don't know when I will have that finished. If you want this though just PM me.

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Re: Side mounted fans for cooling electronics

What did you draft the part in?

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Re: Side mounted fans for cooling electronics

I think I did this in VectorWorks or SolidWorks.

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