[Elecraft] Fan for XV144

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Right, thanks, I've ordered the 1.5" tilt bail, but thinking I may build a
box to go under the XV144 and force air through it.


On 14/9/07 18:03, "John D'Ausilio" <jdausilio at gmail.com> sent:

> I don't know that the XV432 fan is going to do you a lot of good. The
> PCB on the '432 has holes cut in it to provide airflow through the
> chassis while the others do not. Ultimately it's the bottom panel that
> serves as the heatsink for the power amp module, so I'd think raising
> it up and putting some airflow on that panel would be helpful.
> 
> de w1rt/john
> 
> On 9/14/07, David Ferrington, M0XDF <M0XDF at alphadene.co.uk> wrote:
>> I have purchased an XV144 to go with my K3 (will arrive when it does).
>> Having read some previous posts about FM and heat and installing a computer
>> fan on the main board, I wondered if anyone could give me some info on the
>> spec of the fan. I have a number of old 1GB SCSI drives in cases that I'm
>> going to dump (unless anyone in UK want to make me an offer :-) and some Sun
>> IPX/IPC stuff too (sorry, not meaning to use this forum as ebay), so
>> probably have a suitable fan if I knew the spec.
>> 
>> The alternative to that is to see in Elecraft will sell me the XV432 fan.

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