I buy those 5 inch 240 VAC muffin fans at Dayton and
just wire them into the 120 VAC wall outlet. They run
at half the speed and are extremely quiet. I use one on
top of my 2 meter mobile rig in the shack, which likes
to run hot, and used to have one on top of my amp to
help exhaust the hot air. Phil KB9CRY
> At 08:23 AM 7/22/02 -0700, Steve Katz wrote:
> > //What "reduced voltage" are you talking about? I'd like to hear
> >more about operating AC fans on reduced voltage, I was never successful
> >doing this. (I do operate DC brushless fans on "reduced voltage" to reduce
> >rpm and noise, and this works, with reduced airflow, of course.)
>
> I just wired them in series. Definitely slows them down and quiets them.
>
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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