[TenTec] Fan for Omni 6 Plus

[Mark Erbaugh]

I do the same thing, except that I bought the fan new ($3).  The only
problem is that the fan is designed for 12V and my shack supply is more like
13.8 V. The fan sounds like a jet engine at that voltage. My solution was to
wire two fans in series. At 6.9V each, they are very quiet.  I actually
wired them up with a switch that allows them to be off, in series or in
parallel. If the heat sink ever gets really hot, I can put it in 'turbo
cool' mode - but I've never needed to do that.

73,
Mark



> I use a 12VDC processor fan from a discarded computer.  Plugs in the 12V
> accessory jack on the radio.
>
> Only needed when I run RTTY for a long time.  Of course the Omni VI Plus
is
> 100% duty cycle rated.  So it really shouldn't need a fan.
>
> Subject: [TenTec] Fan for Omni 6 Plus
>
>
> >   If anyone has one they are not using I am looking for one. KE8NP
>