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From: rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Quieter fan for the 2000?
Message-ID: <6569@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 1 Feb 89 23:43:07 GMT
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Reply-To: rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki)
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>=->Another trick you can do that is easier and cheaper than
>=->replacing the entire fan is to put a Two Microfarad non-polar,
>=->200 volt at least capacitor in series with the existing fan.
>=-I think this technique would be more appropriate for an AC fan.
>	I'm glad someone had the guts to say this. :-)

Damn, you mean that this stupid 40 farad capacitor won't work?
I've been trying bigger and bigger capacitors, trying to get the
thing to work.  The 40 farad capacitor works for a little while,
but the fan slows down and stops after just a bit.  I was just about
to order a 400 farad capacitor---these mothers get *big*.

Oh well.  Back to a noisy fan.

-tom