[TenTec] Cool Way to Cool Equipment

[Eric Rosenberg]

This comes from the Tower Talk Email Reflector.  I haven't tried this myself, but it should work! 
Note that they run on 5V, as they all seem to attach to a computer via a USB port.

Good Luck! 

Eric W3DQ
Washington, DC 

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Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:51:55 -0400
From: "Bill Winkis" <kc4pe at bellsouth.net>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Very Neat Way To Cool equipment....
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>

If you ever wanted to cool down a piece of equipment read this....!!!

They now make a device called a "LapTop Cooler" .... This is a very flat plate around 1 inch thick, 
with 2-3 very silent low speed fans... it pulls air through your equipment into the fan, then exits the 
air out a open slot in the rear of the plate. 

I stuck one under my 781.. and BOOM... whereas the top was always warm to the touch. Now it's cool... 

Amazing.....

I always graph'd the exit temp of the Sherwood fan... and now that temp is down 15 degrees on idle heat...

I have a couple of 30 amp DC supplies that always run warm... the LT cooler has taken care of that...
Now the cases are cool...

So If you have a piece of equipment that you want cooled, look at at LapTop Cooler...
Note: it runs on 5 Volts DC. 

Here's a URL if you want to look, but shop if your interested, because there are 50 different styles etc.
Pick one that suites your need the best.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=laptop+cooler&image12.x=13&image12.y=12

-Bill
KC4PE

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