Bama's 75.. ;D

Well my one insufficient cooling fan has been coming on quite a bit recently on and off so I wanted some quiet cooling fans(thanks to those who replied to my thread for those) but in the mean time I needed something to hold me over until then.

I had some egg crate, wires, and a 12v AC-DC plug so I went to work..

This is what I created.. Let see how well it works, and I am going to follow its progress over the next 2 hours to watch it work. Or see if it does anyways.







Fans Blowing.


Starting Temp.. We will see how it works.

 

Very creative - I hope it works!!

 

Thanks.. Its working so far.. 40 minutes and its down to 78.7 lets see how low it will go..

 

I might have to try this. I wanted to use acrylic, but egg crate will be easier.

 

for sure go for it. It dropped my temp 1 degree in 1 hour 15 minutes. Which is not bad for dropping heat. Not to mention keeping it steady. I think it kicks butt..

 

sorry I don't know if you have an ATO or not, but just watch evaporation.


anyways it's looking real good.

 

Thanks for the heads up, I have a 5 gallon ATO. We will get to test it this week. If not, Im going to get a 13 gallon trash can to use as one.

 

my tank has been doing wonderfully since the addition of the fans. I still wanted more, so I am adding vents to my hood and tweaking with my fan via a variable resistor to slow it down and cut the noise. Pics to follow shortly.

 

Glad the fans are working out for you! Was quite clever IMO!

 

Pictures of the new updates for you DIYers out there.

1st to cool my hood better I purchased an AC register and modified it to fit flush on top of my stand.




and while waiting for my drills to recharge to make some holes I mounted up my fan speed knob. Here it is.



and then I found a little friend in my place that was willing to help with some work.. He is the size of a lima bean.



Now the drilling and filing out the holes to make them smooth. I really need a jig-saw