mws Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 I need a 115 volt 4" muffin fan or two to ventilate the wine cabinet enclosure. Any ideas where I could find one in my town? Chico has about 85K people, so it's at best a large town. I checked a couple hardware stores, but they don't carry them. What about the fans in PC power supplies? Are the 115 volt or 12 volt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 They are 12v unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 I've seen those available on some websites before, will have to see if I can find them. But if you can find an old AT computer PSU you could just use that and a few 80mm 12v fans. Computer fans are a lot cheaper too. Thats if you don't mind the PSU sitting in there I did this to add a fan to a terrarium hood once, worked like a charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dank Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Like Harbinger said, those computer fans work pretty good IMO. Not sure what size you're looking for but I've bought tons of stuff off NewEgg.com. DId a quick search on their website and came up with tons of stuff...worth checking out! NewEgg.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mws Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 My challenge is that I am adding this fan to the chiller controller, which has a 115V output for the two existing fans. I have no idea what the current capacity of the output channel is, so I want to keep the load as low as possible. It is currently feeding 2 muffin fans at .17 A each, and I am assuming it can handle one more at .17 A as it would be bad form to engineer the stock unit with no safety factor. Adding 50% load should be OK unless the original engineering was really shoddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Any chance you can get model #'s off the current fans? Might help in trying to locate a similar, and/or the same fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mws Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 The other challenge? I need it by tomorrow! My wife wants the wine in the cabinet before house guests show up for the holidays. And once that cabinet is full, it will be impossible to roll out to install the fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mws Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 Radio Shack has one in stock - $24.95 and it looks like a really cheezy one. I can get ball bearinged versions from MCM or Mouse for 1/2 that but would have to wait. Any other local shops you can think of that might stock? Best Buy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Best Buy MIGHT have such a thing, but I wouldn't think it likely. Not many places deal with AC fans, at least when compared to the amount of DC fans out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mws Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 SCORE! I checked with our maintenance guy - we keep some in stock in our crib for the PLC's on our molders! A beautiful die cast aluminum (frame and blades) ball bearing continuous duty fan, 18 watt, $22. I "borrowed" one and will pay for a replacement the next time we place an order. Now to figure out the duct.... I can not access from above, so it has to mount from below... Off to the hardware store! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Funny you should ask for one of those, I have two sitting in my garage being used as doorstops. No kidding, they came out of a couple of CATV power supply cabinets. Let me know if you want 'em, we can trade on the 29th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Ooops, my bad. They're up in the rafters in the garage serving duty as vent fans. They never did seem to do much, though. Let me know, I can get up there and take 'em down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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