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In article <7699@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> I wrote:
>I just bought a fan at Radio Shack to mount on top of my monitor to draw
>air through and keep the poor thing a bit cooler.  The salesman said it
>would be appropriate for that, but in fact it causes a definite shimmer
>or wobble on the screen when it's on.  This is understandable, of course,
>since there IS, after all, a magnetic motor in the fan.
>
>My question is, what could I do to shield the monitor from the magnetic
>field and still have the cooling work? ...

I have ended up using a cylinder to separate the fan from the top of the
monitor physically.  Actually, it's TWO cardboard cylinders, around four
inches in diameter, one on top of the other.  They are from institutional
toilet-paper rolls (a friend got them from one of Cornell's dorm rest
rooms).  The cylinders sit on top of the monitor, and the fan perches on
top of them.  The fit is quite good, and since there is virtually no
open space, the air draw is still fine.  The fan keeps pulling air through
the monitor and sending it upwards, and after it's been on for a few 
minutes, that air gets noticeably cooler.  After several hours, there's
still only-slightly-warm air blowing out the top, which means my concerns
are no more!

Thanks to those who offered advice on how to handle the situation.


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