Radial fans?

Triple X · 07-30-2001, 06:21 PM

Have some one tested These fans.
What i now about radial fans is slim, Want more info.
Noise v.s airflow?
Can i use particle filters without losing to much Cfm?

Kevin · 08-04-2001, 01:07 PM

I'm an idiot. What's a radial fan?

Butcher · 08-05-2001, 04:57 PM

A normal fan you have a PC is axial because the air blows down the axis of the fan, i.e. the axis the blades spin around.
A radial fan the airflow is along the radius of the fan, eg at right angles to the axis. Generally you have a fan with blades aligned more towards the axis than a axial fan - they scopps are and throw it outwards, you then have a hole in the housing that the air rushes out. Air is sucked in the front like a normal fan and thrown out the side is the effect. The back is usually solid.
Advantages are that the air comes out more smoothly than an axial fan which tends to spiral the airflow. Also you can mount a bigger motor as it's not in the airflow path.

As for particale filters, I'd imagine they'd have the same effect on airflow as for an axial fan, what that is I couldn't say.

Triple X · 08-05-2001, 07:31 PM

As far as i know they suck/push lots of air wiht one big advantage Loads of air and little noise BUT they say if the air they suck/push meet resistanse sush as an airfilter then they do not work so good.

07-30-2001, 06:21 PM	#1
Triple X Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Halmstad / Sweden Posts: 5	Radial fans? Have some one tested These fans. What i now about radial fans is slim, Want more info. Noise v.s airflow? Can i use particle filters without losing to much Cfm? __________________ Addtronics 7896A Enermax EG651P-VE BE6-2 Rev2 Raid P3 850@1150 2.05V WaterCoold & 2st 55w Peltier IBM 256mbPc100Ecc Winfast GF2 Mx32 AUreal Outrageous Vortex2 3Com 3Xp 3CR990-TX-95 Plextor Burnproof 63GB HDD

08-04-2001, 01:07 PM	#2
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	I'm an idiot. What's a radial fan? __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f***in things are crazy.

08-05-2001, 04:57 PM	#3
Butcher Thermophile Join Date: May 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,064	A normal fan you have a PC is axial because the air blows down the axis of the fan, i.e. the axis the blades spin around. A radial fan the airflow is along the radius of the fan, eg at right angles to the axis. Generally you have a fan with blades aligned more towards the axis than a axial fan - they scopps are and throw it outwards, you then have a hole in the housing that the air rushes out. Air is sucked in the front like a normal fan and thrown out the side is the effect. The back is usually solid. Advantages are that the air comes out more smoothly than an axial fan which tends to spiral the airflow. Also you can mount a bigger motor as it's not in the airflow path. As for particale filters, I'd imagine they'd have the same effect on airflow as for an axial fan, what that is I couldn't say. __________________ Once upon a time, in a land far far away...

08-05-2001, 07:31 PM	#4
Triple X Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Halmstad / Sweden Posts: 5	As far as i know they suck/push lots of air wiht one big advantage Loads of air and little noise BUT they say if the air they suck/push meet resistanse sush as an airfilter then they do not work so good. __________________ Addtronics 7896A Enermax EG651P-VE BE6-2 Rev2 Raid P3 850@1150 2.05V WaterCoold & 2st 55w Peltier IBM 256mbPc100Ecc Winfast GF2 Mx32 AUreal Outrageous Vortex2 3Com 3Xp 3CR990-TX-95 Plextor Burnproof 63GB HDD

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