Do you have quality fans?

[DoubleTap]

I'm looking for good quality helmet fans and I was hoping somebody would have a good solution. The ones I currently have I picked up on Ebay. All they really do is drain my batteries. They provide very little benefit. I'm looking for something that provides good airflow, but are quiet.

[Butah Fett]

I use some 12v ones I got from Radio Shack. Pretty expensive (like $12 for one), but they're good and quiet.

[Vesper[TK]]

That's what I have as well. Small and quiet. They aren't really for cooling you off, though. It gives some air flow which keeps the lenses from fogging up.

[Daetrin[Admin]]

This brings up the excellent question of where to best place the fans, and how many. People who say they make a diff seem to have four of them, and they are placed to allow airflow. Most fans I see in helmets have no room behind them to really pull or push air in quantity.

[Butah Fett]

I have 2 in the frown, one pulling air in, one pulling air out. It's right by my nose & mouth, so it helps make it feel less stuffy and with lens fogging, but I also use anti-fog stuff for the lenses.

 

I'm thinking of adding 2 more behind the airaitors.

[Exodus[TK]]

I've done okay with two fans, one behind the grill sucking air in and one low in the helmet circulating air around my sweaty chin. I haven't had my lens ever fog up, which is odd and I don't have any anti fogging on them.

 

Thx, Ed

[TK 3181[TK]]

I have two fans that I salvaged from some old computers. They are twelve volt. I mounted them near the bottom of my helmet to the sides of the aerator screws. I did this by making an aluminum bracket to space them away from the helmet wall. They are slim, out of the way, and run off of a single 9 volt. However, they do not really cool me as much as they just keep lens fogging down and move the carbon dioxide out of the helmet by creating a draft of fresh air. Lemme know if you want to see pics.

[Daetrin[Admin]]

Pix are worth 1000 words, and always helpful.

[TK-2372[501st]]

i went ahead and dremeled out the slots on the cheeks under the eyes and then hand painted them to look like the stickers .then put the fans sucking air in . i also dremeled the slots on the back of the helmet and painted them to . soon i will put fans there to suck out hot air .i will have pics in a week wheni get my digital camera out of the shop .

[Exodus[TK]]

Sounds like a great mod, can't wait to see how it turned out!

 

i went ahead and dremeled out the slots on the cheeks under the eyes and then hand painted them to look like the stickers .then put the fans sucking air in . i also dremeled the slots on the back of the helmet and painted them to . soon i will put fans there to suck out hot air .i will have pics in a week wheni get my digital camera out of the shop .

[Crimson[501st]]

I use a pair of Coolermaster 50mm CPU fans (50x50x15). 12v input, pushes about 12 CFM (nominally, of course; output will vary depending on the power you supply). They also come paired on hard-drive coolers (http://www.xoxide.com/untwofanhadr.html).

 

In my FX helmet, I have three 9v powering two fans. Such a geek: I'm overclocking my damn Stormtrooper helmet

[Butah Fett]

In my FX helmet, I have three 9v powering two fans. Such a geek: I'm overclocking my damn Stormtrooper helmet

It's funny you say that. I was thinking about adding a 3rd 9v to my 2 12v fans. Not too sure how to wire it, though. Do you have a diagram or anything I could reference?

[kronas]

http://www.skullworx.com/ i don't have one, nor know any1 that does, but it looks like a great product. it is all-in-1, but sort of expensive, but LOOKS good!

[Crimson[501st]]

It's funny you say that. I was thinking about adding a 3rd 9v to my 2 12v fans. Not too sure how to wire it, though. Do you have a diagram or anything I could reference?

 

I do, but on a different computer. It's pretty basic, though:

 

Positive of battery 1 to negative of battery 2, positive of battery 2 to negative of battery 3, positive of battery 3 to negative of fan 1, positive of fan 1 to negative of fan 2, positive of fan 2 to pole 1 of switch, pole 2 of switch to negative of battery 1.

 

All in one circle, with the switch to interrupt it.

[Exodus[TK]]

No concern of an overload to the fan drawing all that current from the 9Volts in series?

 

I do, but on a different computer. It's pretty basic, though:

 

Positive of battery 1 to negative of battery 2, positive of battery 2 to negative of battery 3, positive of battery 3 to negative of fan 1, positive of fan 1 to negative of fan 2, positive of fan 2 to pole 1 of switch, pole 2 of switch to negative of battery 1.

 

All in one circle, with the switch to interrupt it.

[tk0084[501st]]

I use some 12v ones I got from Radio Shack. Pretty expensive (like $12 for one), but they're good and quiet.

 

I use to use those too but I found some that are almost identical & work just as good off of e-beast for $3 each including shipping (price depends on how many you buy). I think the seller name is captaincomputerparts or something like that.

 

Just do a search for 40mm fans when you find the seller & then pick up the ones that are 12V & the cheapest that he has available.

[TK-2372[501st]]

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[Crimson[501st]]

No concern of an overload to the fan drawing all that current from the 9Volts in series?

 

Not really. If the motors blow, I'll just replace them.