Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!sharkey!mcf!teemc!mibte!jbh From: jbh@mibte.UUCP (James Harvey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Quieter fan for the 2000? Summary: Well, gee.. Message-ID: <2763@mibte.UUCP> Date: 8 Feb 89 17:31:39 GMT References: <7957@louie.udel.EDU> Organization: Michigan Bell Telephone Company Lines: 40 In article <7957@louie.udel.EDU>, 451061%UOTTAWA.BITNET@CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (Valentin Pepelea) writes: > > From: "Tomas G. Rokicki" > In article <6569@polya.Stanford.EDU> "Thomas G. rokicki" > writes: > >> 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*. > >> -tom > > Whoa! You are supposed to use a 2 microfarad capacitor, not one that is > 20 000 000 times bigger! And please, let it be a 200 Volt non-polar capacitor, > as stated in the original posting. > > _________________________________________________________________________ > "An operating system without Name: Valentin Pepelea > virtual memory is an operating Phone: (613) 233-1821 > system without virtue." Bitnet: 451061@uottawa > Usenet: Look at the header > - Ancient Inca Proverb Planet: Ontario!Canada!Earth Allright, ALLRIGHT, I'm sorry I ever brought it up. The two Microfarad capacitor works FINE on an AC Muffin fan. I didn't know the 2000 had a DC motor. You could try a dropping resistor of about half the impedance of the fan motor itself. Probably still cheaper than a new fan. -- Jim Harvey | "Ask not for whom the bell Michigan Bell Telephone | tolls and you will only pay 29777 Telegraph | Station-to-Station rates." Southfield, Mich. 48034 | ulysses!gamma!mibte!jbh