In terms of getting extra air or cooling your laptop more
efficiently, just yet a laptop cooler. Pick one up at fry’s for 20 bulks. The
fan’s power is directly fed via the USB cable. Thermaltake has this one laptop
cooler that uses this weird past, but it’s supposed to cool down the laptop
passively. I don’t know the power usage of the USB ones, but do keep in mind
that you might be powering 2 fans at once. This way is far safer and cheaper
and don’t forget easier to just use a laptop cooler. Again Fry’s has them; just
ask a employee and they should guide you.
From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Eric
Cope
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 3:14 PM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: running a pc fan outside of a case
exactly. Get a 5V DC supply and
solder it to the power lead on the fan. At 5 volts the fan will be slower and
quieter. If you need more air movement, get a 12V DC supply. The fan will move
faster, but be louder.
Depending on your notebook, you may have some fun experimenting with heat
pipes...
Eric
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Alex Dean <alex@crackpot.org> wrote:
Eric Cope wrote:
Outside of that, some solder, a wall wart, and a 4-5" PC
fan would make a great air mover...
But given you lack of hardware knowledge, go with the above recommendations.
well, i do know how to solder. just haven't done
anything inside a pc case since i was in highschool, and have never attempted
to do anything with a power supply. but wiring a fan to a power brick i
could do...
a wall wart is one of those bricks that take up all the space on the power
strip, right?
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