got a question about slim fan.is pushing better or pulling better?

 

unless the fan is made as a pusher, it is more effecient as a puller, although my fal fan i have on my fluidyne, i converted to a pusher, and had no issues. just make sure you reverse the polarity to have the fan spin the correct way. he hee.

 

its made for pulling or pushing

 

it was made for pulling, but it works ok as a pusher.

 

depends on the brand/style -- but if it flows enough cfm's in either direction you should be fine.

personally running a pusher style, at 1200 cfm, just to save space.

 

pusher style is sopesed to be 80% as effeceint as a puller. So if you do a pusher just back sure it flow a little more.

I run a pusher fan and aluminum radiatior and it works well.

 

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I run a pusher fan and aluminum radiatior and it works well.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yup, I couldn't tell you why, but for some reason it's more efficient to run it as a puller if you can get away with it.

The only reason I would run it as a pusher would be if I needed the space. But my fan is so slim anyways it barely sticks out.

 

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But each fan is designed to work a better way ( pusher or puller ) , should say in the instructions. Ours do, I was pretty surprised to see it in the instructions.

 

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Yup, I couldn't tell you why, but for some reason it's more efficient to run it as a puller if you can get away with it.

The only reason I would run it as a pusher would be if I needed the space. But my fan is so slim anyways it barely sticks out. </TD></TR></TABLE>

it is actually because when it is setup as a puller, the air goes through the rad first then the fan, when setup as a pusher, the air has a restriction because it has to go through the fan before being pushed through the radiator. hope that makes sense. he hee

 

^that sounds right...

i also read that pusher style is a little less efficent due to the way the blades of the fan are angled.

 

thanks guys for all the info...

 

edit...nevermind.