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Clip on fans
- Thread starter Hell9
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Shops that sell truck parts/accessories should have them or order over the internet
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China is starting to slip us EC motor clip fans, using ball bearings, not the sleeve bearings that fail in the usual clip fans. 10 speed, with a usb-c for remote controller operation. These are still on the wholesale sites not consumer one's, but we can get just one.
This is probably no cheaper than the US already has them, but in the UK, and I guess the EU, we see the US fans for £40 upwards, plus £20 postage. Then the taxes. It's unbearable. The link is £30 delivered. Double what a normal clip fan costs, but will last over twice as long, and is technically better. Much less vibration. No 50hz vvvvvvvvv noise on the air. 10 speeds, that go lower for little jobs.
I'm going to get a sample, but it's 6 weeks. In that time, aliexpress should have them.
Edit: Balls mean any orientation. Nobody tends to tell us that sleeve bearings are good until about 15 degree's from horizontal. They can't look down at 30 degrees, as we often ask of them. The bearing surface, is no longer bearing all the weight. Death is then months away, at best.
This is probably no cheaper than the US already has them, but in the UK, and I guess the EU, we see the US fans for £40 upwards, plus £20 postage. Then the taxes. It's unbearable. The link is £30 delivered. Double what a normal clip fan costs, but will last over twice as long, and is technically better. Much less vibration. No 50hz vvvvvvvvv noise on the air. 10 speeds, that go lower for little jobs.
I'm going to get a sample, but it's 6 weeks. In that time, aliexpress should have them.
Edit: Balls mean any orientation. Nobody tends to tell us that sleeve bearings are good until about 15 degree's from horizontal. They can't look down at 30 degrees, as we often ask of them. The bearing surface, is no longer bearing all the weight. Death is then months away, at best.
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Thanks for the insight! Makes perfect sense and explains why some of my cheap fans have failed and ones still working that was set horizontal.
I got tired of the clip on ones stuffing up and needing multiple fans in a 4ft² tent so i purched This one its a Dimplex fan it can rotate 360°+ and tilt to 90° and it has a random " natural simulation" setting aswell as multiple speeds. It sits on the floor in the middle of the tent and blows everywhere in the tent .
