RT2/50 fan question for RD/MAN

[twenty4_7spy]

Hello,

I recently bought an apparently older RT2/50 and the chassis fan is beyond loud - it sounds like I have a unix server sitting on my Avatar 412 cab!

What are my options? Can I just disconnect it? Or replace it with something quiet?

There is no way I can record with this thing in the same room the way it is.

TYIA,

Matt

 

[evhwolfie]

serch google for silent 80mm PC fans, and replace it with one of those.

 

[twenty4_7spy]

Thanks, so it's a 12v DC fan? That would be too easy . . .

Matt

 

[trazan]

Some early production units had an incorrect fan installed. You don't have to change the fan though, you can add a resistor to the installed one. As explained to me by Randall:

Install a 47ohm 5 watt resistor in line to the fan wire. This will cut the fan speed in half. If you want it slower, increase the resistor value to a 56 ohm (5 watt)