[Elecraft] Cooling fans

Don Wilhelm w3fpr at earthlink.net
Sat Oct 29 15:19:25 EDT 2005


Kevin,

The easiest solution is to simply lay the fan (horizontally) across the heat
sink fins.  Suck the hot air away from the heat sink, that way it works in
tandem with the internal fan rather than fighting the internal fan
airstream.

73,
Don W3FPR

> -----Original Message-----
>
> I'm getting my K2/100 ready for sweeps and have decided to add some aux
> cooling.
> I have a couple of 3" computer case fans and was wondering from those
> who've done the same about placement and whether blow the air onto the
> heatsink or suck it through.
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> R. Kevin Stover
> AC0H
> K2/100 # 4684.
>
>



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