Quote Originally Posted by johnjohnson
I dont understand why you want to use a pc fan... couldn't you find a small fan that already runs on batteries?
I will use whatever small fan I can find , pc fans are readily available and easy to find , I couldn't find a fan that was as small as a pc fan anywhere . Here is what I ended up using for now until I can come up with a better solution . I went to Radio shack to get a fan - $17.99 , CompUsa has PC fans for $9.99 - I found an old DC converter and cut the end off - stripped the wire ends - took a extension wire for a pc fan with the male end on it and soldered it to the dc converter leads - so that I had the proper connectors to be able to just plug it in and run the wire through the drain plug in my coolidor . The fan(a 3 speed Antec) I got at CompUsa for $9.99 is a 12 volt - the DC converter I found is a 12 volt so it all works well . I tried to get the fan going with a 9 volt battery but no go . I let the fan run for a couple hours the first time and no problems yet , I will let it run tomorrow all day just to test it for a possible fire hazard while I'm around . I will then set it up with a light timer to cycle on and off through out the day in my coolidor . I will post pictures when I get the chance . I've heard that you can get these fans with a 110v plug on them but I couldn't find any around locally . After I soldered the wires together I put heat shrink tubing on to cover the bare wires for a decent clean look and to protect from arcing . The fan also has some red led lights in it . Now all I have to do is figure out where to mount it in my coolidor . Thank you for all your help cigarsmokers .