The new exhaust fan product has been developed by Penn's R&D team for fitting into sealed enclosures housing 19-inch racking systems, servers, etc, where hot air is not being expelled. These type of enclosures have a high risk of thermal / component failure as the inbuilt fans only re-cycle hot air, so additional cooling is essential for the well-being of the equipment.
The FT80-Q has been designed to efficiently extract air for rack cooling in these situations.
The product comes with a drill template to allow easy installation, creating an extraction hole and then fitting a cover to keep the overall cabinet / rack enclosure looking smart and streamlined. Its fan has numerous potential applications but was originally designed to complement Penn's extensive 19-inch racking range.
The operating low noise specification of just 22.5 dB (0.3 Sone) is perfect for low noise environments like theatres, conference halls, presentation suites, lecture halls, board rooms, etc. and it's also ideal for domestic installations.
The FT80-Q can be installed quickly and easily into any wooden cabinet using an awl, a cross-headed screwdriver (4 screws are provided with the product) and a 79 cm (3 ⅛ inch) hole cutter. It can also be fitted into plastic cases and rack units utilizing a different exterior grill kit.
Once mounted, the r 12V DC PSU needs hooking up via the input socket, and a second fan unit can be daisy-chained and run from the same 500mA power supply using a CRC-LINK cable.
(Jim Evans)
