PC Fans

**drozenski** · 11-15-2011, 09:27 PM

I have a box of these things. Prob 20 pounds or more.

What can i do with these? Do yards buy them as motors?

**Dunemaul** · 11-15-2011, 09:28 PM

yes they do

**rca987** · 11-15-2011, 09:54 PM

Mine doesn't...Call your yard and double check.

**newattitude** · 11-15-2011, 10:11 PM

mine do but as contaminated if I dont take the copper part out and pay less so I always break them apart and pull the little copper/steel piece out and get about 15 cents more per pound that way.

**Mechanic688** · 11-16-2011, 01:21 AM

We just throw ours in with our small transformers and small motors from the cd/hard drives, we just cut off the outer plastic guard.

**Ewasted** · 11-16-2011, 06:33 AM

whole fans we buy at $.15/lb, if you remove the outerplastic guard we pay $.22/lb

**injunjoe** · 11-16-2011, 07:33 AM

I find they are also handy for personal cooling fans. Here in Florida it don't just get hot it stays hot! I have a computer fan under my garden bar to keep me cool.

They are also great for cooling my amp. stack. I don't jamb to just one stereo I jamb to 3 amps hooked up to 8 speakers. The amps. get pretty hot so two fans help to keep the party going. This could have something to do with my hard hearing.

**Torker Man** · 11-16-2011, 08:41 AM

^^^ Ditto Joe!

Here in Australia summer can reach mid to high 40's (45 degrees celcius) we use them when camping. I made 4 (1 for me - wife, and kids) they are the 100mm (4 in) ones hooked onto old camera tripods I scrapped, and hooked up to 12v cells from a UPS.

They use sweet FA power, and we can run them all off one battery for 4 nights no worries

Oh...they are quiet too. Last trip I used 2 extra ones, and some harddrive magnets to attach a pull and a push to either end of the tent fly mesh... FREE air con!!