Laptop Fans for our STBs

[Cband55]

Does anyone use those flat laptop fans to cool down STBs? do they work ?
its getting pretty hot outside its 105* F and my Pansat 9200 and Sonicview 8000 burn when touched even when turner off (not powered off)

 

[turbosat]

Yes they'll work , but so far only one of mine really needs a fan. And it stays turned off a good part of the day. You can even rig one of those little cpu/computer fans up to blow across the top of a receiver-that works nicely too. I just put some long screws through a little piece of 1x1" wood to hold one up, makes a difference in the temps!

 

[phlatwound]

I have one on my Az Elite, powered from the USB port. It never got that hot anyway but it's barely warm now.

Monoprice.com has some great pricing on them.

 

[xtgold]

openbox s10 processor gets to 122F+ when on and 106F in standby.
I put an old 486 cpu fan over the processor and it knocks the temp down to 85F but is noisy.