Fairlight-CMI

Hi Rob,

 Thanks for this information. What voltage are the new fans ? I know that
the series 2X fans are 110-120V but Peter found a 12V source for the new
Papst fans. I hope all is well!

Regards,


James Thomson

Magic Audio Co.
The Studio
West Hampstead
London NW2 3RJ
U.K.






On 13/4/05 12:22 am, "titojay02" <robncait@msn.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> I changed the fans in my Series III about 8 months ago and I'd say
> the process was "intermediate" in difficulty and scope.
> 
> From memory (apologies if it isn't 100% correct):
> 
> I bought eight 80mm Pabst fans for the main cage cooling and two
> other ones for the power supply (the website I bought the fans from
> didn't have Pabst ones in the size it needed - 50mm as I recall?).
> 
> I had to remove the bottom of the mainframe, the power supply, and
> then the metal frames that the eight mainframe fans were bolted to.
> There wasn't much room to access some of the screws, and removing
> the parts was a little nerve wracking because wires would be getting
> pulled around and possibly snap off from age (I had this happen with
> one of the wires attached to a power supply fan).
> 
> The new fans installed easily and it was simple wiring it all up as
> the previous wiring could be reused. Putting it back together was
> the opposite of taking it apart; again being careful to not move
> parts or wires around (very close quarters, so it's easy to make a
> mistake).
> 
> My CMI is now much quieter, but not silent. I still keep it in the
> closet, but I can have the door open a decent amount for ventilation
> and not hear much. Definitely a huge improvement over the jet-engine
> sound it had :).
> 
> Hope that helps,
> -Rob
>