Anyone experience using car radiator fans for mining area.

Geronimoe

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Thanx for the replies.

I am only going to use the puller radiator fans and not the radiators like the product below.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16-INCH-SLIM-ELECTRIC-RADIATOR-FAN-PUSHER-PULLER-120W-HIGH-POWER-MOTOR-3000-CFM-/231589876967?hash=item35ebd514e7:g:-3QAAOSw1vlUundL

These fans can easily be attached through the louvres of the vents to draw air in to the cabin

so far i am looking at the temp controller below but would really like a variable voltage output to control the fans so still looking Huh

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ITC-100VH-Digital-Pid-Temperature-Controller-220V-heater-k-sensor-cooling-SSR/322461862670?hash=item4b14398b0e:m:mxHX7fZDpXDcd

Reason for 12v is because they are cheap and i have plenty of spare server psus to power fans

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Quote from: fanatic26 on February 26, 2018, 02:51:04 PM

Remember if you to use radiator fans, they need to be in their shrouds to pull air properly or they will be terribly inefficient

This, plus they pull a ton of amps. I've got two big SPAL fans on my hot rod and they require 100A relays!

Do you not have AC power available?

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Remember if you to use radiator fans, they need to be in their shrouds to pull air properly or they will be terribly inefficient

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Quote from: Geronimoe on February 24, 2018, 05:44:11 PM

Hiya all,

I have just completed building a cabin shed for my mining setup and starting to work out my cooling system.

I will be only running approx. 20 Avalons and my intention was to partition the back wall and duct all miners into this area to outside.
I was going to leave the power supplies on the intake side to increase the ambient air temperature as gets very chilly in uk at the moment.

In the remaining section of shed i am intending to install 300x300 louvre grill and attach a car radiator puller fan (because they are cheap and run on 12v)
I will control this fan with a speed temp controller for shed area to control the ambient air temp.

Has anyone used radiator fans for this purpose and did it work.

Cheers for any advice in advance.

Geronimoe

I have no experience with this, but did consider it for a cooling solution a few years back. I've even seen a thread here with pictures of someone doing just that. I think with the right water pump, it should be a great idea. I imagine that radiator would give off a ton of heat though and would probably need to be located separately from the miners. The picture I saw, I believe the user was running the radiator outside his home.

EDIT: I misunderstood and thought you'd be using the radiator for liquid cooling. Surely there's a more efficient fan than a radiator fan for air cooling. Those blades are pretty heavy...

Geronimoe

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Hiya all,

I have just completed building a cabin shed for my mining setup and starting to work out my cooling system.

I will be only running approx. 20 Avalons and my intention was to partition the back wall and duct all miners into this area to outside.
I was going to leave the power supplies on the intake side to increase the ambient air temperature as gets very chilly in uk at the moment.

In the remaining section of shed i am intending to install 300x300 louvre grill and attach a car radiator puller fan (because they are cheap and run on 12v)
I will control this fan with a speed temp controller for shed area to control the ambient air temp.

Has anyone used radiator fans for this purpose and did it work.

Cheers for any advice in advance.

Geronimoe

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