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Re: Electric Fan

To: STUART_BRENNAN@hp-andover-om3.om.hp.com
Subject: Re: Electric Fan
From: rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu (Bob Palmer)
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 97 13:14:25 PDT
Stu,

Sorry, forgot to mention CFM.  It is about 1600 CFM or twice what yours was. 
 Together with the fiberglass mechanical fan they manage to do a pretty good 
job.  It's also very important with a pusher fan to seal it against the 
front of the radiator.

Bob

>     
>Bob:
>
>Since my installation of a totally inadequate fan a couple years back, I've 
been
>trying to keep track of what works, and what doesn't .  Did your fan come with 
>any specs about how many CFM of air it could supposedly push?  Mine is 
about the
>same size, and claimed about 800CFM, which does nothing for my Tiger.  Just 
>pushing the revs up to about 1500 with the stock fan pulls much more air than 
>this thing.  I'm just guessing, but I'll bet it takes at least double, if not 
>triple the CFM to do any good.
>
>Stu
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