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From: bryan@cs.utexas.edu (Bryan Bayerdorffer @ Wit's End)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Quieter fan for the 2000?
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Date: 2 Feb 89 05:24:02 GMT
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In article <6569@polya.Stanford.EDU> rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) writes:
=->=->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

	For the nonplussed, Tom is talking about capacitors ranging in size
from a beer can to roughly half a keg (these are precise engineering terms, do
not attempt this at home).
	Tom, my advice is:  Invest in ear plugs and life insurance instead,
cause if AmigaTeX screws up my dissertation, I'm gonna wring your neck. :-) :-)
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