I have a 24 port switch running my net work, its annoyingly loud when everything else is switched off. The fan seems to run permanently. Its a rack mountable switch, but not mounted on a rack, and it always feels cold to the touch ((been running 24/7 for weeks now), so Iwonder if I could get away with disconnecting the fan altogether. Ideally, I would fit a thermostat switch, just in case it warms up. Anyone know where to get some cheap and simple kit to do that?
Can you not throw it in a cuboard somewhere? All my switches, VOIP adapters, routers and servers for my house in the cellar, so that they don't annoy me with their fans and flashing lights
I suspect your main problem is that the fan is small and having to shift a lot of air, so maybe if your switch isn't rack mounted, some ducting and a larger slower fan mounted externally could shift as much air but with slower rotation and theirfore less noise?
also, it might help to get the base off of its resting place. I might would try to put a new fan on the casing if its still making that noise. Or some sort of temperature regulated fan module.
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You could replace the fan with one that is ball berring and use rubber spacers to limit the noise, as well as using a low RPM drive. Way cheaper than installing a fan w/ a temp gauge.
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