wondering if anybody out there has replaced their usrp1 fan with
something a bit quieter?
i find myself listening to its incessant whine many hours a day, and
it’s starting to make me a little crazy
especially when i am trying to listen to subtle details anybody have a
suggestion for a decent replacement?
cheers,
mark
Hi Mark,
If you take off the top of the enclosure on the USRP1 then you don’t
even
need a fan!
Your sanity should then return 
Mike
M0MIK
ahhhhh yes, i feel it coming back, slowly.
thank you 
m
ok so this has been working just fine at home,
but i am actually beginning to use the usrp in performances fairly
regularly,
and you never know what might happen in such situations
so just to be on the safe side, i’d really rather replace the fan.
unfortunately i’m not having much luck finding the exact fan that came
with it in stock anywhere,
but i’ve found a possible replacement that seems to basically meet the
specs:
http://search.digikey.com/us/en/products/F410T-05LC/563-1130-ND/1165524
the only thing that doesn’t match up is the air flow
it’s rated at 3.9CFM rather than the cooltron’s 4.6CFM.
anyone have a clue as to whether or not this would be enough of a
difference to cause concern?
otherwise the specs look fine, and it’s supposed to have a noise floor
of 12 dBA instead of ~21,
so we’re talking roughly half the volume could really make a difference.
thanks in advance,
mark
p.s. does anyone else have this same issue or is it just me? i’m
wondering if maybe it’s just that my fan is defective
20 dBA should be “a whisper” and mine seems to be much louder than that.
Yes I have. I disconnected it. In my opinion, it is overkill for
anything
going on in a USRP1.
YMMV,
Bob
Ah good, glad to hear it’s not just me
Do you run it with the top on or leave it open?
Cheers,
Mark
Top on. Fire up the fastest card you have (widest band signal you can
process) and put your finger on the FPGA. It is cool.
If the oscillator in the USRP1 were most stable and accurate, it might
make
some sense but it just doesn’t in my opinion make sense so I
disconnected
them all in my USRP 1’s.
Bob
Thanks Robert,
I hadn’t ever noticed it getting hot to the touch,
but I haven’t tried running it w/ no fan & top on either
Best,
Mark
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