Crazy Outside Piping

kw87 · TweakNOOB Joined: 22 Jan 2004 Posts: 93

So I tried to use the insulation that's for copper pipes to get air from the outside into the intake fan on my X-Dreamer case. Well, it may look good but it didn't work. I need to get a more powerful fan or something. Here are some pictures of the setup:

http://www.et.byu.edu/~kw87/tube.JPG
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gmoney · Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 11:13 pm Post subject:

ye quite a novel idea however. seems like it would work put u would need a fairly high power fan to deal with the suction[/u]

JayDubya · Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 11:37 pm Post subject:

try shortening the insulation. That might help more than a more powerful fan. The shorter the route, the less force it will take. you could also try a combination with a smaller diameter.
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Yoshida · UberTweaker Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 1219

yeah totally, you should only really need about half of the tubing your using now, cut it in half and it should work much better

Hoedizzy · Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 12:28 am Post subject:

Yea your going to need a larger higher cfm fan.

Sushi · TweakNOOB Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 62

I would shorten the tubing, and but a higher fan on the intake side.

2 other things you may want to consider.

Do you have anyway of protecting it form debris, like leaves and crap

Possibly run a tornado to the outside/other end of the insulation.
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