Cooling fan

[griffinconst]

My Onkyo 805 runs hot. I bought a little fan at Radioshack last night. It sure cooled my receiver down but it's too loud.
Anyone know where to get a quite fan? (under 30 ohms @ 60hz)
The one I bought is ac and 3". Advice?

 

[mike c]

why not a PC 12v DC fan?

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39279&highlight=12v+adapter

 

[ParadigmDawg]

Some JakeLeg wrote a whole thread about fans. You can find it in the link below.
http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53135&highlight=cooling+fans

 

[adwilk]

JakeLeg

Nice...

good info too...

 

[darien87]

You can try what I did, buy a light dimmer from an electrical store and use that to slow down the speed of the fan to the point where it isn't loud anymore.

 

[agarwalro]

I have an open type rack. So I just put a pedestal stand (garage sale $5.00) and adjusted the hight and angle so that it blows air away from the AVR and amp. Works like a charm, in fact, after the first use, I was pleasantly surprised when the two were actually cool to touch.

The only downside is the noise. Not a problem when listening to active passages, but I can definitely hear it during very quiet passages.