[Elecraft] K3 Noisy fans?

[ON4WIX]

My K3 is also whisper quiet. I have to look at the fans to check whether 
they're running or not because I cannot hear them running at all.

73
Glenn ON4WIX
K3 #192
K2 #5361
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Planisky" <jplan at jeffnet.org>
To: "David Ferrington, M0XDF" <M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Noisy fans?


>I think you got lucky and have extra quiet fans :-)
>
> 73
> --
> Joe KB8AP
>
> On Dec 9, 2008, at 7:20 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
>
>> That's how my K3 is set up too, in a corner where walls can reflect
>> any noise.
>> I still think there is something else wrong.
>> 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
>> -- 
>> They know enough who know how to learn. -Henry Adams (1838-1918)
>>
>> On 9 Dec 2008, at 14:55, Joe Planisky wrote:
>>
>>> I've also found that where I place the K3 on my desk makes a
>>> difference in how loud the fans sound.  My desk is in a corner of
>>> the room and if I place the K3 so the back is pointing into the
>>> corner, the walls reflect any sound right back toward me and the
>>> fans are louder.  If I place it on a table in the middle of the
>>> room, I don't notice the noise nearly as much.
>>
>
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