shultzbaby
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So here are two pics of the pc fan that a friend helped me install about a week ago.
It's an 80mm 12v fan wired to a standard cell phone wall charger. It is completely silent since its running at a pretty low voltage. I also wired in an on/off switch and installed a dust filter (this is also to prevent my axies from jumping and getting something caught in the fan).
We scribed the tank lid around the fan with a dental pick, marked the center and then used a similar sized hole-saw drill bit to SLOWLY drill a hole. We used a drum sander to take out another quarter inch (could have used a dremel or something like that too), so that the hole lined up perfectly with the fan. Then we marked the screw holes and drilled pilot holes, and used some spare nuts and bolts to secure the fan and the filter.
It has kept my tank consistently 5-10 degrees F. colder than when I was using ice bottles(!), which makes a world of difference since I no longer have to constantly change ice bottles all day long. I don't have to use them at all. The whole setup cost about 10 bucks and an hour of my friend's time. What do you guys think?
It's an 80mm 12v fan wired to a standard cell phone wall charger. It is completely silent since its running at a pretty low voltage. I also wired in an on/off switch and installed a dust filter (this is also to prevent my axies from jumping and getting something caught in the fan).
We scribed the tank lid around the fan with a dental pick, marked the center and then used a similar sized hole-saw drill bit to SLOWLY drill a hole. We used a drum sander to take out another quarter inch (could have used a dremel or something like that too), so that the hole lined up perfectly with the fan. Then we marked the screw holes and drilled pilot holes, and used some spare nuts and bolts to secure the fan and the filter.
It has kept my tank consistently 5-10 degrees F. colder than when I was using ice bottles(!), which makes a world of difference since I no longer have to constantly change ice bottles all day long. I don't have to use them at all. The whole setup cost about 10 bucks and an hour of my friend's time. What do you guys think?