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radar · Joined: 05 Dec 2007 Posts: 72 Location: Sydney, Australia

Hi... not sure if anyone has tried this, but I'd like to turn off the fans on the Marquee 8500 when I power off the machine. Was thinking of cutting into the power circuit and splicing this in:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/2-NIB-Solid-State-Programmable-AC-DC-Time-Delay-Relays_W0QQitemZ270288698509QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270288698509&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

so that the fan turns off after 5 minutes after the power is turned off (rather than pulling the plug out and potentially loosing convergence if the internal battery goes flat). Anyone have any comments if this is a good thing or a bad thing to do?

Cheers,

Kevin.

draganm · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 8990 Location: Colorado

it's a bad thing to do, the LVPS needs fan's runing when it's plugged in because there is still power running through it for things like keeping the tube filaments warm. Instead of unplugging it, get a tripp lite iso-boar and simply swtich it off.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-TRIPP-LITE-ISOBAR-4-ULTRA-SURGE-SUPPRESSOR-E_W0QQitemZ180292745982QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180292745982&_trkparms=72%3A1424%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Tim in Phoenix · Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 4409 Location: Phoenix

Hello

If it is a noise issue you need the E-Tech fan mod, as described in the sticky's.

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Tom.W · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 6635

Why would you want to power up the filament's when not in use ? Seems like that would reduce tube life and light output.

draganm · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 8990 Location: Colorado