ZX81 cooling fan
Re: ZX81 cooling fan
Have you been at the cooking sherry again Charles!!?
@Lardo
There's a fan here that might be worth having if only for its performance in restricted spaces and at this price worth a punt I would have thought.
https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/evercool-30m ... -fan-a27gu
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Re: ZX81 cooling fan
Thanks Moggy. I will get one ordered.
Edit - bloody Maplin. None in my local branch and you can’t order them on line. Nearest one is 20 miles away!
I’m sure this used to be a good company....
Edit - bloody Maplin. None in my local branch and you can’t order them on line. Nearest one is 20 miles away!
I’m sure this used to be a good company....
ZX80
ZX81 iss 1 (bugged ROM, kludge fix, normal, rebuilt)
TS 1000 iss 3, ZXPand AY and +, ZX8-CCB, ZX-KDLX & ChromaSCART
Tatung 81 + Wespi
TS 1500 & 2000
Spectrum 16k (iss 1 s/n 862)
Spectrum 48ks plus a DIVMMC future and SPECTRA
ZX81 iss 1 (bugged ROM, kludge fix, normal, rebuilt)
TS 1000 iss 3, ZXPand AY and +, ZX8-CCB, ZX-KDLX & ChromaSCART
Tatung 81 + Wespi
TS 1500 & 2000
Spectrum 16k (iss 1 s/n 862)
Spectrum 48ks plus a DIVMMC future and SPECTRA
Re: ZX81 cooling fan
Will continue the search.Lardo Boffin wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:34 pm Thanks Moggy. I will get one ordered.
Edit - bloody Maplin. None in my local branch and you can’t order them on line. Nearest one is 20 miles away!
I’m sure this used to be a good company....
Re: ZX81 cooling fan
Are you making a mini ZX81 robot HOVERCRAFT?Moggy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:06 pmHave you been at the cooking sherry again Charles!!?
@Lardo
There's a fan here that might be worth having if only for its performance in restricted spaces and at this price worth a punt I would have thought.
https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/evercool-30m ... -fan-a27gu
5-TS1000,UK ZX81<-Sheelagh, US ZX81, 2-TS1500/KDLX , 3-TS2040 printer, 2-TS2020 cassette decks, ZXPAND+AY, ZeddyNET, ZXBlast, UDG, ZX8CCB, AERCO, BUILDS/REPAIRS ZX Spectrum, ZX80 Minstrel, ZXMAX48 v1 v2, 2-TS-2068, ROM, 16kRAM
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Re: ZX81 cooling fan
Thanks Moggy!Moggy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:14 pmWill continue the search.Lardo Boffin wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:34 pm Thanks Moggy. I will get one ordered.
Edit - bloody Maplin. None in my local branch and you can’t order them on line. Nearest one is 20 miles away!
I’m sure this used to be a good company....
ZX80
ZX81 iss 1 (bugged ROM, kludge fix, normal, rebuilt)
TS 1000 iss 3, ZXPand AY and +, ZX8-CCB, ZX-KDLX & ChromaSCART
Tatung 81 + Wespi
TS 1500 & 2000
Spectrum 16k (iss 1 s/n 862)
Spectrum 48ks plus a DIVMMC future and SPECTRA
ZX81 iss 1 (bugged ROM, kludge fix, normal, rebuilt)
TS 1000 iss 3, ZXPand AY and +, ZX8-CCB, ZX-KDLX & ChromaSCART
Tatung 81 + Wespi
TS 1500 & 2000
Spectrum 16k (iss 1 s/n 862)
Spectrum 48ks plus a DIVMMC future and SPECTRA
Re: ZX81 cooling fan
Well apart from China-bay cheap and cheerfuls I found these at RS components...
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/hvac-fans ... 4294885616
The second one down priced at £4.38 looks reasonable although there others to choose from different voltages and so on.
I forgot to mention that the fan I used has a 40 x 40mm frame size with 10mm depth, which fits snugly whilst leaving bags of room and personally would not consider anything smaller.
My method was to run a 12v fan off 5v which remains very quiet yet adequate from a flow point of view.
For any future modding rather than try cutting a square hole i would just use a hole saw of the type pictured which should make the opening more than adequate and also mount the fan to the right of the slats which I would blank off in some fashion. I would also make a vent on the vertical front edge of the top case more or less in line with ULA which should allow a better airflow over the chip seeing as the expansion aperture will be semi closed off once a peripheral is attached.
NOTE:
This mod was used on a zeddy with a switching regulator not a standard regulator and heat-sink setup.
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/hvac-fans ... 4294885616
The second one down priced at £4.38 looks reasonable although there others to choose from different voltages and so on.
I forgot to mention that the fan I used has a 40 x 40mm frame size with 10mm depth, which fits snugly whilst leaving bags of room and personally would not consider anything smaller.
My method was to run a 12v fan off 5v which remains very quiet yet adequate from a flow point of view.
For any future modding rather than try cutting a square hole i would just use a hole saw of the type pictured which should make the opening more than adequate and also mount the fan to the right of the slats which I would blank off in some fashion. I would also make a vent on the vertical front edge of the top case more or less in line with ULA which should allow a better airflow over the chip seeing as the expansion aperture will be semi closed off once a peripheral is attached.
NOTE:
This mod was used on a zeddy with a switching regulator not a standard regulator and heat-sink setup.
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Re: ZX81 cooling fan
Is that board and fan installed atop The cooling system for a nuke reac? Looks like that from the picture notice the reddiah-orange glow...
5-TS1000,UK ZX81<-Sheelagh, US ZX81, 2-TS1500/KDLX , 3-TS2040 printer, 2-TS2020 cassette decks, ZXPAND+AY, ZeddyNET, ZXBlast, UDG, ZX8CCB, AERCO, BUILDS/REPAIRS ZX Spectrum, ZX80 Minstrel, ZXMAX48 v1 v2, 2-TS-2068, ROM, 16kRAM
Re: ZX81 cooling fan
Orange paper to help see Thur aluminum heat sink.