I want to be able to use this for my tower fans so I do not have to take them apart to clean was wondering how it works?
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This is just the air nossle. You will need to buy the fitting, air hose, compressor, etc. It works great. You can control the air flow with the trigger.
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It works great, but it needs to be hooked up to a compressor hose. It's great for light-medium duty.
1562077
rig it lol. I have one rigged to the front at the bottom, I bent the metal corners of the black metal screen to hold it.No actual fan slot afaik.I would do intake from the bottom, just use something to screen dust.
558047
Mine pull the heat *out* and it works great. Dramatic difference compared to no fans.
1940219
The one I purchased pushes/sucks the air out. In my opinion, this may be the best direction as the CPU heat sink and fan draws/pulls hot air up from the CPU and since this fan would be fixed in close proximity it would be good to have it complete the job by taking that hot air out of the case.
525806
It's for the fan. I simply unplugged the fan and routed it to a separate fan controller that was powered by my main psu
449289
I have never attempted to take the fan apart, because, so far, I haven't needed to. I just dust it, regularly, and use a hand held vacuum to it...still seems bright and new, and not dusty. I like the fan very much....CHEERS!!
1314454
I bought the whole thing, right here on Amazon, what happened to the tower? I admit I don't use mine very often, but am pretty gentle cleaning it. Have you tried a kitchen store or writing to Rival itself? Questions...
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I just got the fan & have not cleaned it or taken it apart. I would think it would be easy to clean.
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I've had this fan for about 3 years. Dust was building up on the fins and was clearly inside the fan. I finally decided to take it apart. First, I removed the base...3 easy wing nuts. Then there were 4 screws to remove from the backside of the fan...2 at the top and 2 towards the bottom. Finally, I used a flat tip screwdriver to pry the seam on both sides of the fan. After that, the fan was almost completely apart (except the fan mechanism itself was attached to one of the halves). I was able to clean nearly all of the dust out. It was relatively easy to disassemble/reassemble and the fan is now as good as new. I've had this fan for about 3 years. Dust was building up on the fins and was clearly inside the fan. I finally decided to take it apart. First, I removed the base...3 easy wing nuts. Then there were 4 screws to remove from the backside of the fan...2 at the top and 2 towards the bottom. Finally, I used a flat tip screwdriver to pry the seam on both sides of the fan. After that, the fan was almost completely apart (except the fan mechanism itself was attached to one of the halves). I was able to clean nearly all of the dust out. It was relatively easy to disassemble/reassemble and the fan... » Read More I've had this fan for about 3 years. Dust was building up on the fins and was clearly inside the fan. I finally decided to take it apart. First, I removed the base...3 easy wing nuts. Then there were 4 screws to remove from the backside of the fan...2 at the top and 2 towards the bottom. Finally, I used a flat tip screwdriver to pry the seam on both sides of the fan. After that, the fan was almost completely apart (except the fan mechanism itself was attached to one of the halves). I was able to clean nearly all of the dust out. It was relatively easy to disassemble/reassemble and the fan is now as good as new. « Show Less
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the top screw mounts for fans are actually offset to the front, so it will be able to clear the motherboard of any heatsinks it has so it can actually do a thick rad with push/pull fans without a problem
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I haven't had a need to clean this fan, as I use it only for power outages --- which is rare. Were I to have need to clean, I would use compressed air from spray can that I use to clean my computer (desktop) fans.
423412
A box of the Swiffer dry dusting cloths will come in handy for this. I use a single layer in front of my computer air intake fans, do the same with any of these fans. It won't look very pretty, but they work well to keep dirt out.
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Absolutely!Quiet, powerful and inlet acts as filter so normal crud accumalation on regular tower fan is not a problem. Highly recommend IF you can get it on sale.
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My son did it for me & he loosened the fan but did not take it down. It was a very easy process for him. You could probably look on the internet to see how it's done. Good luck!!
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these fans don't like high heat being run thru them. it will greatly reduce the fans life span. this is depending on how long you run it per day, ect. also, lint and other solids will greatly diminish the life span even greater. they will clog the fans internal parts.
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I have used it on my ceiling fans and it works great. It is fairly lightweight for as much power as it brings.
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I don't recommend it. The pieces come apart but some of the mechanism is in there and it will look messy. It's not a clean surface between the fan and light.