Ok...the Ecooler is a three fan cooling unit that
is specially designed to flow air into the heat sink on the back of the
VFX/VXFSD/VXFSDll/SD1/SD132 and down under the unit. If your room Temps is 70
the E cooler will not allow the VFX to rise more than 1 deg on the heatsink, so
a temp reading of 71 deg is measured even after 8 hours of use. The SD1
32 gets to 130 deg in 30 min measured at the heat sink, with the E cooler
it's still 71 deg even after 8 hours. I have ran units for 24 hours with
the same results, it's simply the best possible design that can be fitted to the
keyboard for cooling.
I have used vary high quality variable
voltage/speed fans so the unit can be ran as low as 2 volts and as high as
12. This allows for a higher degree of cooling as needed, such as
playing live out side in higher temps. There is absolute zero electronic
interference/noise picked up by the keyboard from the fans and or the power
supply. The fan/air noise is nearly unnoticeable from 2 to 6 volts of
which I use daily in my own studio and 7 volts to 12 volts only produce
a slight push of air. The Ecooler is powered by a separate wall
wart which comes in a 6 volt or 12 volt flavors, or you can purchase a variable
speed version.
I decided to have the frame made of steel so parts
can be replaced if needed and durability is not an issue. The E cooler attaches
to the back of the keyboard by special heavy duty Velcro, this allows you to
attach the unit in seconds. It is not necessary to remove the unit
when traveling from gig to gig as I designed it to fit flush with the
back of the keyboard and any road case.
The Ecooler has been used live with NIN and
Jefferson Airplane by John
Fensick, I have also used this on all of my own Ensoniq gear for many
years. hope this clears things up
Richard at Route
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----- Original Message -----From: Sonic Amigos SupportSent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 6:50 PMSubject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] vfx heatingWhat is the device exactly? The small photo appears to be three fans.
Is that what it is basically? In an enclosure of some sort? Where does
it get power from? How much modification to the case do you have to do
to install it? Any temperature stats before and after? Stuff like.
On Nov 3, 2009, at 5:39 PM, Rish wrote:
> Sure ask away...what would you like to know?