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I was skeptical, but a fan does seem to help
I was skeptical a fan would help anything but now I'm not. I installed an 80mm one and it does seem to increase speeds once the lower temperature stabilizes (a few hours after install). I only have ...
iTinkeralot wrote:It looks good. It's a router/gateway so it just has a job to do. I didn't do much but put a small laptop fan under mine. It never exhibited any heat related issue so I just had the spare fan I was not using and decided to use it. It will not hurt anything so good enough. Since mine is in the basement on a cheap metal file cabinet and an empty exercise ball box there is no aesthetic emphasis. It is just a fixture in a temporary location and convenient.
As for the fan later yesterday I just removed all 4 of the tabs from the top of the fan. This allows the can to rotate freely on top of the fan as we all know minor change in rotation can make a big diff in speed.
