So I got around to building my blower...
First I thought I'd build a box out of some leftover deck wood. Bad idea. The wood was an inch thick, so the box was huge with a tiny internal volume. Plus I would have to drill a giant hole for the fan, and still figure out how to mount it, as well as a hole for the hose leaving the box, and I don't own any hole drilling bits of this nature.... and I hate borrowing tools. So I scrapped that idea, back to the box drawing board.
Then I thought to myself.. "Self, you took the PC power supply fan out of a PC power supply, which is already a metal box with mount holes built to fit the fan you have in your hand." So I took the power supply apart, removed all it's entrails, and turned the fan around so that it pulls air into the box rather than blows air out of the box. I bought a tube of silicone caulking $3.99 that doesn't shrink and used it to seal up all the holes in the power supply. This worked quite well. I also bought a hose ($2.40) to run out of the power supply (it already has a hole built into it where all the wires come out to attach to various computer components).
I put this all together and it worked GREAT. Blows air out of the hose quite well. So I put it in the kegerator, only to discover that the hose I bought sucks. If it bends marginally, like when I try to route it into the tower, it kinks up and stops the air flow. That's what I get for buying the hose that was $.59 a foot rather than the hose next to it with the same ID and ED that has a support wire in it for $1.99 a foot. So tonight I'm going to the hardware store to get the hose I should have bought in the first place. I snaked the power supply wire into the kegerator next to the co2 line without drilling any holes with plenty of cord to spare to reach the same outlet the kegerator is plugged into.
I was able to unkink the hose temporarily with the whole thing installed, and it was blowing cold air off the cooling plate quite well. So with the correct hose in place, I'll call this one done. The whole thing cost me under $15, and that's with the $2.40 wasted on one cruddy hose. I took some pictures of it last night, but wanted to post them with the correct hose and completely installed and done, which will happen tonight.
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Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed.
Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery
and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might
be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself,
"It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than
be selfish and worry about my liver."
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