Home Theater Equipment Rack
How can I use computer fans to ventilate my HT equipment?
I am building a smallish end table/audio rack for my home theater equipment. Because I want it to look more like an end table I’m enclosing 3 of the sides and only leaving the front open. Some of my equipment generates quite a bit of heat so i’m planning to use some computer case fans to add some ventilation to the back becasue they are quiet, small, and reletivly cheap. What i would really like is to have them wired in some way that they only turn on when the equipment is being used; is there any way to accomplish this? I’m fairly handy and wouldn’t have any problem wireing or soldering anything if there isn’t a cheap product already out there.
computer fans work from 12v dc – read the specs off the fan – it shoudl say 12vdc and give an amperage rating.
once you have all your fans add up the amperage rating.
Use this amperage rating for the 12vdc power supply you will need.
if not sure take one of the fams with you to the store, this will allow them to decide the total amperage you will need to run the fans.
I have done the same by getting a small 12vdc ac adapter (radio shack or electronic supply store) the ac adapter plugged into the back of my reciever , since the plugs were controlled by the receiver power switch.
Works great, the fans are pretty quiet
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