anyone add fans into their dedicated cabs?

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we all know computer components and heat dont mix. Is it worth it to mount a small office fan or cpu fans in the old cab architecture to prolong the life of the components? I'm sure people are adding fans to the ones running jamma and mame but i'm talking about those games with original dedicated innards.
 
I know Chris and I talked about a muffin fan on his Paperboy. To draw the heat up and out of the top area of the cab. Some games that have heat issues, it is a good idea to use a muffin fan.

Kevin
 
I added one years ago to a Tempest mini that I owned at the time. Used a 120v fan and ran it off of the spare 120v plug on the Atari PS.
 
I have a 2nd fan to install in Paperboy, but I accidentally left it in with the 720 stuff when I gave it all to Wade. Now he's holding it for ransom! Poor little fan...all alone...

And yes, that paperboy needs a 2nd fan up near the monitor or at the top. The original fan also needs to be replaced with one that doesn't sound like a tank driving 65 mph down the interstate.
 
The Major Havoc (Space Duel cabinet) I used to have had a fan installed in the back door. Someone cut a hole in the door panel and mounted a fan. They had it plugged into a connector on the transformer chassis. A very smart idea. You want to keep that WG6100 as cool as possible. My Super Pac cocktail has one but that is how it was designed. My other games don't have them.
 
The word fan and the word vector go hand in hand.

+Eleventy bazzilion!!!

The Major Havoc (Space Duel cabinet) I used to have had a fan installed in the back door. Someone cut a hole in the door panel and mounted a fan. They had it plugged into a connector on the transformer chassis. A very smart idea. You want to keep that WG6100 as cool as possible. My Super Pac cocktail has one but that is how it was designed. My other games don't have them.

This was part of the conversion kit. You added the extra power connector to the PS (if it was not already there), cut a hole for the fan (kit came with a template), and installed the fan. My Tempest MH conversion has that too.
 
Someone please answer me this. We have people such as the makers of the LV6100 and LV2000. We have people that have made upgrade FAQS with tips not ever relased in Atari field service upgrades ..... and of course we all know heat is no good for any machine (duh) so the question I have is how in the hell could previous engineers not figured this shit out before hand? Seriously - it seems most valuable piece of info on these monitors has surfaced ~ the year 2000 or later.
 
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I take the backs off mine and store them in my garage. My games are about 2" from the wall. I believe this is better for cooling then a fan (hack).
 
I put fans in all my vector and on the pole position one at top and one near the transformer. It cant hurt thats just my 2 cents.
 
i am in the process of mounting one on my defender near the 4116 ram to get some air flow over those suckers, then will install one to the ps heatsink to cool the transistors.

a friend has a ppii cockpit, and i had planned to recommend the installation of multiple fans to circulate air through the board cage, and some extras at the top ventilation slots to circulate air through the cab itself.
 
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Someone please answer me this. We have people such as the makers of the LV6100 and LV2000. We have people that have made upgrade FAQS with tips not ever relased in Atari field service upgrades ..... and of course we all know heat is no good for any machine (duh) so the question I have is how in the hell could previous engineers not figured this shit out before hand? Seriously - it seems most valuable piece of info on these monitors has surfaced ~ the year 2000 or later.

I'm sure the engineers realized it, but it would be added cost (however little) to a piece of equipment not really expected to live more than 18 months or so. Probably just not worth it at the time given they didn't expect these things to live for too long.

I'm a big fan of this concept. Fans rule.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! You go to the punitentiary right this minute, that was terrible. :D

I don't have fans in either of mine at the minute but it's something I've been thinking about a bit, especially for the cab that's getting the 6-1 switcher in it. Ounce of prevention/pound of cure thinking, it's not something that would be terribly complicated to do, and would certainly extend the life of the hardware and save a hell of a lot of headaches down the road.
 
false concept. Heat rises, even with the backdoor off, the heat is trapper in the top area. Even with the backdoor off, heat will still rise to the top. Myself, Very top of cab put muffin fan to exhaust the heat from the cab. If cab on wheels you could also put muffin fan on bottom too to bring in air. That will create a good circulation/

kevin

I take the backs off mine and store them in my garage. My games are about 2" from the wall. I believe this is better for cooling then a fan (hack).
 
false concept. Heat rises, even with the backdoor off, the heat is trapper in the top area. Even with the backdoor off, heat will still rise to the top. Myself, Very top of cab put muffin fan to exhaust the heat from the cab. If cab on wheels you could also put muffin fan on bottom too to bring in air. That will create a good circulation/

kevin
I beg to differ. With the backs off you are allowing fresh air intake. In addition to that 99% of my cabs have vented handles (All Nintendos, Bally Midway, etc.). With the backs off the heat DOES dissipate alot better then adding a little fan! IMHO To do a fan set up properly you'd need to install a reverse mounted fan towards the bottom to pull in fresh air and 1 at the top to exaust the warm air.
 
Heat rises! It doesn't go left or right :) You still have that pocket in the very top half with pure heat. What is to circulate the air inside the cab to go out the backdoor? Physic's equation shows it. You are changing the equation by assuming circulation :) turn your shower on pure hot water with the bathroom door open. Where is all the heat at? Trapped in the small bathroom or out the open doorway? It's not my opinion, it's the law of physics.

Kevin
 
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