Adding a cooling fan. Ever done it?

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Adding a cooling fan. Ever done it?

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Thinking of adding a cooling fan to my Boogie F-50. Just wondering where I'd take the feed from? Guessed the light would be about 12v and that that might be the go. On the other hand, I might electrocute myself....

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Use a multimeter.

Work it out that way.

My concern would be electronic noise from the motor of the fan.

I tried this with LED's inside my amp and it buzzed something horrible.

The emf from the LED strip was yuck
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How does one decide that a cooling fan is needed for one's amp?


(genuinely curious given my own nuclear reactor)

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the pilot light will be around about 6v. Just get a 240vac cooling fan and wire it from where the power lead goes....
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sirvill wrote:How does one decide that a cooling fan is needed for one's amp?
Too much time on Boogie forums looking at hot screen resistors that've unsoldered themselves... Probably completely unnecessary (I'm like a hypochondriac browsing a medical tome) but all the newer Boogies I've had have been fitted with fans so, y'know, I want one... :-)

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Molly wrote:
sirvill wrote:How does one decide that a cooling fan is needed for one's amp?
Too much time on Boogie forums looking at hot screen resistors that've unsoldered themselves... Probably completely unnecessary (I'm like a hypochondriac browsing a medical tome) but all the newer Boogies I've had have been fitted with fans so, y'know, I want one... :-)
Practice your chops, you'll get fans...

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Boogie fans are above the chassis and cool the tubes, unlikely to help with any hot resistors inside the chassis. The screen resistors are only likely to be damaged if a power tube shorts and fan won't help with that either. I wouldn't bother to be honest.
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sizzlingbadger wrote: I wouldn't bother to be honest.
Thanks. That's the kind of advice I like! LOL. I'll spend the time learning that Nick Jonas lead solo.

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Fans await!!

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Nick Jonas????!!!! This place goes from one extreme to the other! I mean, Nick Jonas... WTF. Or is there more than one Nick Jonas?
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Conway wrote:Nick Jonas????!!!! This place goes from one extreme to the other! I mean, Nick Jonas... WTF. Or is there more than one Nick Jonas?
I'd never heard the guy's name until this morning.

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Conway wrote:Nick Jonas????!!!! This place goes from one extreme to the other! I mean, Nick Jonas... WTF. Or is there more than one Nick Jonas?



Poor guy forgot how to guitar about halfway into a solo infront of millions of viewers

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Molly wrote:
Conway wrote:Nick Jonas????!!!! This place goes from one extreme to the other! I mean, Nick Jonas... WTF. Or is there more than one Nick Jonas?
I'd never heard the guy's name until this morning.
I only know who he is because my girls used to like the Jonas brothers when they were younger.
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I laugh.

Every time.

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I did something similar in my cabaret days. Huge bum note at the crescendo of the solo in 'Body Rock'. Just about took everybody's eye out.

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