Re: [cobalt-users] Sunon Fan News

[Greg Hewitt-Long <cobaltusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Greg Hewitt-Long wrote:
>
>> >The last time we ordered KDE1235PFB1-8 fans from Sunon for the RaQ3/4,
>> >We were told that the KDE1235PFB1-8 was obsolete and is replaced
>> >with KDE1235PFB1-8MS, so we now have space-age Fans.
>> >
>> >The MS fans have "Magnetic Levitation" the rotar is suspended
>> >in a magnetic field as it rotates. They are supposed to have
>> >a much longer liftime.
>>
>> Can you quantify that at all?


Can you quantify it Gerald?

> > The only reason I ask, is that I found the old KDE1235PFB1-8 fans in stock at:
>> http://www.alliedelec.com/
>
>I can tell you what Sunon told me they no longer manufacture
>KDE1235PFB1-8. So the fans you are buying from Allied are 'old stock'.


Yes - that's what in stock would mean.

>
>Another interesting item, is that the fans may deteriate with age while
>in stock, Sunon recommends that fans stored for more than 6 months,
>be functionaly tested before shipping.


I'd like to hear the reasoning behind that - they are a fan with a tiny motor - I'd like to know HOW they deteriorate... personally, I'm sceptical on that... I can't think how they would deteriorate.  I'm perfectly willing to put the *BEST* fans I can for the money into my machines, but if "better" means 20% longer lifespan at 80% more cost, then I'd have to err on the side of the cheaper fan being replaced a few months earlier.

>
>Gerald
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