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TH2830 vs TH2832
GnomeZA:
--- Quote from: KungFuJosh on January 07, 2024, 08:07:32 pm ---Well, that worked great. A nice consistent/smooth fan sound. It's quieter, more efficient, and the buzzing is gone.
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My fan holes were 3mm.
I had to severely cut up the rubber grommets from Noctua to fit.
I wasn't down to drill out the holes in the instrument.
Alternatively I could have used some 3mm BHCS to mount them (original screws are far too short)
But I seeing Josh' picture I decided to give the grommets the opportunity.
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If I take pure fan/air noise, the Noctua is louder than the original fan IMO.
The original fan had an annoying buzzing which made it far more annoying, but if you ignore that, the pure fan noise "part" of the sound is either same or slightly higher on the Noctua.
Overall I still think the upgrade is worth it, the fan moves a LOT more air and you don't have this annoying buzzing noise constantly going on.
Also Noctua fans are rated for a LOT of hours, it is unlikely the instrument will need a new fan in the next 20 years based on how much I use it.
Noctua is really up there in terms of their fan engineering (quite a few very nice videos about it on YouTube).
KungFuJosh:
--- Quote from: GnomeZA on January 10, 2024, 09:07:07 am ---
--- Quote from: KungFuJosh on January 07, 2024, 08:07:32 pm ---Well, that worked great. A nice consistent/smooth fan sound. It's quieter, more efficient, and the buzzing is gone.
--- End quote ---
My fan holes were 3mm.
I had to severely cut up the rubber grommets from Noctua to fit.
I wasn't down to drill out the holes in the instrument.
Alternatively I could have used some 3mm BHCS to mount them (original screws are far too short)
But I seeing Josh' picture I decided to give the grommets the opportunity.
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I might have used the original screws inserted backwards to pull the metal mounts out of the chassis using an angled plyers. 😉
My stock fan was obviously older than yours, so for me it got quieter. It's comparatively quiet now, but same as you, the consistent sound is much less annoying than the buzz the stock fan had.
GnomeZA:
(slight OT if people want to ignore)
--- Quote from: luudee on January 07, 2024, 03:13:58 pm ---Hello,
I too do not live in the US.
Noctua FANs are made in Austria. I find it usually best to order on their EBay shop.
Very fast and reliable service !
Best Regards,
rudi
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Unfortunately getting things from America is just a lot easier than getting things from the EU.
For some reason everything is always more expensive and more work to get from the EU (EU stores are much less helpful with regards to export)
I don't get it because ordering from China and Japan (when things are actually made there), is cheaper unlike the EU situation.
So for example, ordering a Makita tool from Japan is much cheaper than the US.
But if you take Wera tools, they are more expensive ordering it from Germany than the US.
And not just shipping, the actual tool is cheaper from the US :-//
So basically I don't even bothering checking EU prices anymore.
KungFuJosh:
Here's a stock twenty eight thirty fw dated 12/2023. Hopefully we'll have a slightly different model's improved version if our friend @tv84 has some time. 😉
GnomeZA:
--- Quote from: KungFuJosh on January 12, 2024, 09:19:01 pm ---Here's a stock twenty eight thirty fw dated 12/2023. Hopefully we'll have a slightly different model's improved version if our friend @tv84 has some time. 😉
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Wow that is newer than even the one I got with my meter.
Have you tried it yet?
Which meter branding does it have?
How on earth did you get this? ;D
Any chance you could do some testing on that baby?
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