Has anyone replaced the remote fans (not the fans on the humidification unit) in their Aristocrat? The ones that came with mine are very noisy, so I am planning to replace them with something like the ones from this place: http://www.quietpcusa.com/Quiet-Comp...LFlSvEpQi6prJm

If someone has already spec'd quite fans and has some experiences to share, that would be most welcome.
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Make sure before you buy any fans you look at the dB(A) rating for the fans you want to buy. A truly silent fan will be rated. Look for fans 20 and under. 20 is basically about a whisper, anything less would be very hard to hear.
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Mine has three fans that all make different noises.

1. The fans on the cooling units - these in combination with the coolers are the loudest

2. The fans on the humidifier chambers are the second loudest

3. Mine has a small black fan in the back that comes on to circulate the air which is almost silent.

When all three are running, the thing is pretty loud. I have gotten used to it, but in the beginning, it was a little much. My wife was not pleased. lol
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:-)

We have gotten used to it, Bob also replaced a fan on mine free of charge after it got louder than normal. :-)
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Noise? I'm surprised you can hear it run with the doors closed Mark.

You aren't just standing there with the doors open,staring.
Are you? :-)
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I'd agree it's pretty loud, I can hear mine run even when I'm not in my office. Tho it could be the wine fridge that's so loud I suppose....
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When the dual cooling units on mine kick on, you can hear it in the next room. Sounds like a small tornado.

But that's okay. It just tells me all is well. :-)
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Following Dave's advice, I closed the door :-)

For my setup (set and forget, not THC), there are two very small fans a top rail at the back of the humidor. They really do look a lot like CPU fans. The loudest noise in my unit comes from these and they are far noisier than the fans on the large humidification units.

I also plan to ask Bob Staebell about the fan specs so that I can just buy some low noise replacements. The whole experiment would only cost about $20 total, so worthwhile from my perspective.

In 36 hours, the unit is already so stable that the humidification units aren't coming on very much at all. But the noisy fans are every 20 minutes by design.
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Noisy fans... never heard about that one before. Makes me rethink the placement if I ever get one. It was going to be in the bedroom, looks like it moves to the living room. I need my quiet to sleep!

Mike
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All fans can be replaced if you buy good quality ones. My PC runs 6 120mm fans, and a large 200mm fan. I spent the money on quality replacements for them. All of them are rated at 10dB(A) or less. They are so quiet you have to get right on your hands and knees next to the PC to hear them.
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What did you end up doing about the noisy fans?
My end table is considerably smaller than your humidor, Mark. I only have one fan but when it comes on it sounds like a cow mooing.
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Are you sure the sound is coming from the Aristo? :-) Might wanna ask Nancy for her opinion! :-)
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:-)
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I decided that we'd get used to it and, for the most part, we have. If it is the fan on the humidification unit, I don't think that I would replace that one.
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You know Peter is gonna be sleeping on that couch right next to his A-Crat for the next few weeks. He'll get used to it real quick.
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I talked to Peter's doctor and he confirmed that, until the new unit is fully seasoned and he's had a good while to show it off, Peter won't need any little blue pills.
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:-):-):-)
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I actually had to replace the fan on my power supply last week. The original one started to go out and got very loud. Bob sent me a replacement and instructions. It was basically a CPU fan.

I assume you could replace the small air circulating fans pretty easily.

I thought my cabinet was pretty loud when I first got it as well. Now, we hardly hear you. You just get used to the background noise. Same thing happened with our hepa air purifier.
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You guys are brutal! :-)
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My wife said the same thing on my Aristocrat, but it seems to have grown on us now :-)
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