[Amps] What blower?

[Will Matney]

I once dated a girl that reminded me of a hoover vacuum! LOL

Best.

Will


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On 1/28/06 at 1:38 PM Joe Isabella wrote:

>I care because if I key my rig and have 100W of friggin' fan noise, it's
>a problem.  And I consider it annoying to hear it from other stations as
>well.  My Henry 3K-A had a fairly quiet blower (by Henry Standards,
>anyway) but I didn't like how hot things were getting.  So I replaced it
>with a real HD squirrel cage of approximately twice the size.  It stays
>nice and cool now, but I've had to move the amp away from my operating
>position.  It's still too loud, but I haven't had the time to fab a new
>top for it that will hold a dryer vent exactly like you describe yet.  I
>know guys that have moved their amps into different rooms because of noisy
>blowers.  A bit extreme and if you ever contest, it's impossible (without
>a remote contolled amp, anyway).
>   
>  You're right about the bottom line being about keeping the amp cool, but
>hearing a Hoover vacuum in the background is a little excessive.
>   
>  Joe, N3JI
>  
>
>gdaught6 at stanford.edu wrote:
>  SNIP
>Some day I will post a long lecture about all the fuss over fan 
>noise. Short of an ear-splitting siren, who CARES about fan noise? 
>If the tubes are cool, they are happy. If the tubes are happy, I'm 
>happy. 
>
>If blower noise bothers you, put a really big one outside the shack, 
>and use dryer exhaust hose or similar to bring the air from the 
>blower to your amplifier.
>
>I use headphones ALL of the time. 
>
>73,
>
>George T. Daughters, K6GT
>
>
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