[Icom] RE: 756 cooling

[Ed Gaitley]

Grant, 
                         
Was your muffin fan set up to pull air through the radio (i.e.
to *help* the internal fan)?  Did you have it wired to the same
power supply that ran the radio or did you use a
separate one? 
                         
73, 
                         
Ed, N6EG

>Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:54:53 -0400
>From: Grant Mitchell <mitchell_g@popmail.firn.edu>
>Subject: Re: [Icom] Re: IC756Pro - mic and cosmetics?
>
>For the past 10 months I have been using a small (3 inch) muffin
type
>fan placed close to the exhaust vent on the rear of my IC746
(similar
>cooling flow to IC 756PRO) to draw air through the rig and keep
it cool
>during long listening periods.  Placing the fan in the rear
also reduces
>the noise factor and cools the WHOLE radio.  An added benefit
to the
>IC746 is it also keeps the digital display area cool in light
of some
>previous posts concerning display failures because of heat.
>
>73, Grant
>N4GM