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          Chris Poole <94cep@eng.cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> > To save me dismantling my very full two slice RPC twice, could someone
> > please tell me the physical size and voltage of the PSU fan?
> 
> 80mm square, 12V.  The other dimension is 25mm I think.

Sounds about right.

> Anyway, I replaced one recently with maplin stock number YP40.

Noisy brute, that one! But have a listen to the 40mm one... I have on in the
back of a BBC and it puts a PC to shame in terms of noise!
 
> > It has started making horrendous noises and I think a Maplin or Farnell
> > replacement is called for. I could oil it, but the effort of stripping
> > down more than once is probably worth a few quid for a new one.
> 
> I'm not sure you could oil it actually -- they tend to be sealed.

You can oil them, it's just rather tricky getting the sticker back on
afterwards! :-)

> Anyway, the one I bought cost �10.40 +vat.  It's a bit louder than the old
> one was (when it was new) because it's a more powerful fan (I couldn't find
> one that was identical).

I think that Farnell will sell you a very similar one... they also do low
noise fans.... but if you spend a bit more you'll get a Papst fan, which are
superbly constructed and should last a lifetime.
 
> Chris

Cheers,

Pat. 

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