The ultra-quiet fan system is designed to cool home theatres, entertainment centres, and audio video cabinets. Includes optional white grille.
The ultra-quiet fan system is designed to cool home theatres, entertainment centres, and audio video cabinets. Features a speed controller and 6-foot power cord. Included fans use a custom motor engineered to minimize noise during speed variations and are certified by CE and RoHS. Containing dual ball bearings rated at 67,000 hours, the unit can be mounted in any direction. Features a CNC machined aluminium frame with a modern brushed black finish. Fans are set to exhaust air out the frame but this can be reversed to intake air using a screwdriver. Includes all necessary hardware to easily mount the unit onto a cabinet and power it through a USB port. Dedicated USB wall adaptor not included.
Key Features:
- An ultra-quiet fan system designed for cooling cabinets that require minimal noise.
- Features a multi-speed controller to set the fan’s speed to optimal noise and airflow levels.
- Contains a CNC machined aluminium frame with a modern brushed black finish.
- Can be powered by a USB outlet on your device, or a USB power adaptor (not included)
- Dimensions: 6.3 x 6.3 x 1.3 in | Airflow: 52 CFM | Noise: 18 Dba | Bearings: Dual Ball | Power: USB
- Includes white frame/grille/vent option
The Airplate S1 - S5 coolers are powered by the connected USB cable with in-line speed controller. Plug this cooler into a USB outlet on your AV device, computer, or wall adapter for instant and effective airflow. No external power supplies necessary!
Alternatively, the Airplate range of coolers can be powered by one of the larger AC Infinity components with a USB outlet, such as the Aircom T Series coolers, or some of the Cloudplate T Series fans.
The in-line multi-speed controller with power switch allows setting the fan’s speed to optimal noise and airflow levels for various environments. The included Boost Adapter not only allows the fan to be powered through a wall outlet but increases its performance by up to 25%.
For cabinets that require more airflow, each unit can be connected to additional AIRPLATE S and T series cabinet fans. Up to four fans can share the same USB power source, and up to six fans can share the same thermal controller or wall outlet power source. AIRPLATE S7 contains two fans and AIRPLATE S9 contains three fans. All setups with more than four daisy-chained fans must have their inline speed controller set to high to prevent overload, e.g. two AIRPLATE S9 units daisy-chained together.
This ultra-quiet cooling system is popular in a variety of applications including home theaters, entertainment centers, and audio video cabinets; and smaller enclosures and racks holding computers, receivers, amplifiers, and other AV equipment.
All ventilation fan systems should contain an intake and an exhaust variable, which can be fans or ventilation holes. In an ideal set up, there should be a fan located near the top of the cabinet configured to exhaust out air, and a fan located near the bottom to push in air. Electronics such as receivers and computers within a cabinet will cause air to heat up. Due to natural convection, warmer air which is less dense than colder air will rise on its own. An efficient fan system helps accelerate natural convection by rapidly exhausting warmer air out the top of the cabinet while pushing colder air in at the bottom.
Cabinet fan systems that contain only one fan should have it configured to exhaust hot air out the top of the cabinet. There must be ventilation holes located elsewhere on the cabinet, preferably towards the bottom to act as an air intake. Using fans to push air out will cause negative or lowered pressure within the cabinet. Because air moves naturally from high pressure to low pressure areas, outside air will flow into the cabinet from the ventilation holes. Poorly designed systems include set-ups where there are one or more fans to exhaust air, but no other fans or ventilation holes to act as the air intake.
A fan or set of fan’s CFM rating measures the rate at which air flows into or out of a space. More specifically, the cubic feet of air the fan will displace every minute. The higher this number is, the faster a cabinet will be ventilated. However, it is important to note that factory CFM ratings only holds true for absolute perfect conditions such as zero static pressure and without heat and other externalities.
Real world CFM delivery can vary due to differences in the number and size of electronics inside the cabinet, the amount of heat generated by said devices, the static pressure inside versus outside, and more. After dividing the dimensions of a cabinet by 1728 to get the cubic feet area, we multiply by three to account for all of these real world variables. This gives us a CFM rating we are comfortable recommending and will provide sufficient ventilation for the majority of electronic and component cabinets.
Model Number | AI-CFS120WH |
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RRP | 135.00 |
Specs | Total Dimensions: 16.0 x 16.0 x 3.3 cm Total Airflow: 52 CFM |