Fairlight-CMI

Hi James,

The fans I replaced were all 12VDC, so it was pretty much plug and 
play in that regard.

Kind regards,
Rob

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, James Thomson 
<jamesthomson@m...> wrote:
> 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@m...> 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
> >