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From: William R. Walsh on 29 Apr 2010 09:30 Hi! That NMB fan is actually a pretty good quality unit, although I have seen some failed ones over the years. What you might do to extend its lifetime is to simply oil the bearings. That will quiet it down and keep it running for many more years to come. Just lift the label, remove a little rubber plug (only with some fans) and drop some light oil in there. Even if you replace the fan, you might want to do the same thing to the replacement. Doing so can drastically increase the lifetime of the fan, especially if the replacement is cheap. William
From: David Farber on 29 Apr 2010 15:01 baron wrote: > JeffM Inscribed thus: > >> David Farber wrote: >>> How much is that in US dollars and cents? >>> >> http://google.com/search?q=0.50+GBP+in+USD > > Thanks Jeff. :-) Beat me to doing the conversion to 75cents. Wow. I'm on the wrong side of the pond. )-: -- David Farber David Farber's Service Center L.A., CA
From: David Farber on 29 Apr 2010 15:04 Robert Macy wrote: > On Apr 28, 10:53 am, "David Farber" <farberbear.uns...(a)aol.com> wrote: >> I would like to replace this two-wire, 80mm square, power supply >> fan. The power supply is used in an AudioReQuest music server and is >> powered on continuously. The part number is, NMB-MAT 7 followed by a >> model number of, 3110GL-B4W-B54. 12V DC, 0.30A. I've found a few >> places online that have them listed but when I call they, don't have >> them in stock or the price is prohibitively expensive. Is there some >> generic fan that will replace this and not cost more than the power >> supply itself? >> >> Thanks for your reply. >> -- >> David Farber >> David Farber's Service Center >> L.A., CA > > If you caught it in time, you can try relubing the bearins which will > get you by for a while. > > Remove from PC and soak in 30 weight oil, clean up, put back in > > I got another 6 months out of mine Since this is for a client, it needs to last longer than 6 months. Also, the cost of transporting it back and forth costs more than the fan replacement. -- David Farber David Farber's Service Center L.A., CA
From: David Farber on 29 Apr 2010 15:05 Andy wrote: > On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:53:43 -0700, "David Farber" > <farberbear.unspam(a)aol.com> wrote: > >> I would like to replace this two-wire, 80mm square, power supply >> fan. The power supply is used in an AudioReQuest music server and is >> powered on continuously. The part number is, NMB-MAT 7 followed by a >> model number of, 3110GL-B4W-B54. 12V DC, 0.30A. I've found a few >> places online that have them listed but when I call they, don't have >> them in stock or the price is prohibitively expensive. Is there some >> generic fan that will replace this and not cost more than the power >> supply itself? >> >> Thanks for your reply. > COOLER MASTER SAF-B82-E1 80mm Case Fan > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999069 I think we have a winner! $6.99 and free shipping. Tough to beat that. -- David Farber David Farber's Service Center L.A., CA
From: David Farber on 29 Apr 2010 15:16
William R. Walsh wrote: > Hi! > > That NMB fan is actually a pretty good quality unit, although I have > seen some failed ones over the years. > > What you might do to extend its lifetime is to simply oil the > bearings. That will quiet it down and keep it running for many more > years to come. Just lift the label, remove a little rubber plug (only > with some fans) and drop some light oil in there. > > Even if you replace the fan, you might want to do the same thing to > the replacement. Doing so can drastically increase the lifetime of the > fan, especially if the replacement is cheap. > > William Hi William, Thanks for the tip on extending the lifetime of the fan. -- David Farber David Farber's Service Center L.A., CA |