It is getting hot.
It doesn't help that my computer is always on in my room.
My room can get up to 28C in the afternoon.
There are two problems.
First is that the blinds are blocking the only window in my room.
Second is that my computer blows out air that is about exactly 10C above room temperature.
I have two solutions.
First is to move the base of the blinds down.
Second is to make ducting to direct the hot exhaust air from the computer.
I first move the blinds down.
Drilled the holes for the mounting bracket
As usual, something went wrong.
Blinds moved down. Also notice my window screen is now held up by Duct tape.
Then I make the exhaust.
This is used as a mounting bracket for the fan.
It is from an old Antec PSU I had that had trouble turning on, and exploded while testing it with a PSU tester.
A Coolermaster 120mm 1200rpm fan I have laying around.
4" duct hose.
Cardboard box that I will using to cut an adaptor out of.
Measure once, cut twice.
Held on by wood screws.
At that point, if I were to rest the exhaust fan on the blinds, it will not clear the window opening by about 1".
So I need to rise it up by 1".
I just happen to have a piece of tube left over from my other projects.
It just happened to be the right length too.
Double sided taped to a slightly wider piece of cardboard
so that the tube can sit flat on the blind base.
And then the exhaust fan stuck on top, also with double sided tape.
Duct hose zip tied to the adaptor.
and adaptor put back on the fan.
The fan is currently held on by duct tape.
duct routing
points right at the main exhaust fan from the radiator.
Hopfully now my room will not get as hot.
2 comments:
seems like alot of work to get a little cooler? maybe just deal with some heat? or get a full size people fan?
Any update on if this actually works? I was thinking of doing the same thing and wondering your input. It is summertime now and my room is getting up to 88 F (31 C) thanks to computers.
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